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A Vibrant Learning Community COURSE CATALOG WINTER 2018

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2 CONTENTS CLASS DATES Important News for Winter...... 3 Winter Quarter 2018 How to Use This Catalog...... 3 Feb. 5 – March 30 Locations & Parking ...... 3 Online & Mailed Registration Options & Instructions . . . . . 3 Registration Begins CONTACT Classes by Category ...... 4 Jan. 16, 9 am 513-556-9186 Classes by Number...... 8 uc.edu/ce/olli Schedule-at-a-Glance...... 21 Telephone [email protected] Maps ...... 41 Registration Begins Jan. 23, 9 am Friends of OLLI...... 42 Registration Form ...... 43

Classes Offered Registration Restrictions Each school year, OLLI offers more than 500 courses ranging You may not register for more than one class that meets at from eight-week seminars to one-time presentations on the same time. If you send in a registration that includes a wide range of topics. Along with professors and other two or more classes that meet simultaneously, you will be educators, volunteer moderators who lead each class registered for only one of them. include professionals from nearly every field and passionate hobbyists. Attendance Although attendance is not mandatory, your presence in OLLI Membership the courses for which you register enhances the learning Anyone aged 50 or older is eligible to join OLLI and take OLLI experience for you and your classmates. If you attend classes courses. The only other prerequisite is a desire to learn. You for which you are not registered, you will be taking a space don’t need a college degree. reserved by someone who is registered, and you may be asked to leave the classroom. Pricing & Refunds • Quarterly membership: $80 Teaching a Class With paid membership: If you would like to share your expertise with the OLLI • Multi-week courses: $5 community, please consider becoming a volunteer • Most one-time programs: $0 moderator. Visit uc.edu/ce/olli or call 513-556-9186. No refunds under $10. Refunds after quarter begins at director’s discretion. Disclaimer The views and opinions expressed in OLLI courses are Scholarships strictly those of the moderators and their guest speakers. Financial assistance is available to cover the full membership Course content has not been reviewed by the Osher Lifelong fee for those who need it. We are grateful for scholarship gifts Learning Institute at the University of Cincinnati. Consult from donors to Friends of OLLI. For scholarship application your financial advisor before acting on any implied or actual information, please call 513-556-9186 or email [email protected]. recommendations concerning the investment of your money. Consult your doctor before following any medical, nutritional, Wait Lists or exercise program or advice. If a class you want is full, you may place yourself on a wait list. If a place opens in that class, the first person on the list will Cover Photos receive a call and have a limited time to respond before the 1. The popular Brown Bag Lunches, OLLI Samplers, Wednesday WOWs, and FAB Fridays all come free with your membership. place is offered to the next person on the list. If you do not receive a call, there is not a place for you in the class. Please 2. Jo-Ann Casuto shows the treasures of Adath Israel in her behind- do not attend classes for which you are not registered even if the-scenes tours. Photo: Bill Brandt you are on the wait list. 3. Kathy and Jim Finley enjoyed the Back-to-School Party in September. Photo: Peter Nord

2 OLLI COURSE CATALOG | Winter 2018 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute HOW OLLI WORKS

IMPORTANT NEWS FOR WINTER REGISTRATION OPTIONS • Online and mailed-in registration begins January 16, 1 . Register online at uc.edu/ce/olli. This is the fastest way 9 a.m. Because of changes at UC to protect your to register. Instructions are below and online. You will identity and credit card information, OLLI cannot accept know immediately if the classes you want are available. telephone registration until January 23. You may mail or 2 . Complete and mail or bring in the registration bring your registration with payment by check, and it will form. Include payment by check. Your registration will be processed beginning January 16. be processed in order of postal cancellation date after • When attending OLLI programs, you must wear the registration opens. name badge and lanyard you receive during the first 3 . Because of changes at UC to protect your identity and week of classes. Returning students: save and reuse the credit card information, OLLI cannot accept telephone ones you have. registration until January 23. After January 23, you may • For security reasons, the door to the classroom building call the office at 513-556-9186 to register by phone using a at ADI is locked except 15 minutes before and 15 credit card. minutes after each class start time. Outside those times, you must ring the bell and show your OLLI name badge ONLINE REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS for admittance. 1. LOGIN. Go to uc.edu/ce/olli and click on Register . Click Login in the shaded box at top left. If you are a new HOW TO USE THIS CATALOG member, follow the instructions to Create a New Account. Courses are listed three ways in this catalog: All others, login with email address. Each person must have an individual account and register separately. 1 . Schedule At-A-Glance organized by location/day/time. If you are available only on a particular day of the week or 2. SUBSCRIBE. Select your membership by clicking interested in taking classes at only a single location, use Subscriptions near the top of the shaded menu box. Click this section printed on buff-colored paper in the center View Dates, Select, and Add to Shopping Cart. Skip this of the catalog. It is also a handy pull-out guide to keep step if you purchased membership in advance. track of the classes that interest you while you browse the catalog. 3. REGISTER FOR CLASSES. From your Shopping Cart/ Pending Schedule, click Add Another Class. Use the 2 . By Course Number including complete description of category listings in the shaded menu box on the left. course content, biography of the moderator, meeting day, For each course, click View Dates to Select and Add to date or date range, time, location, and cost. Shopping Cart. Continue to Add Another Class to your 3 . By Category alphabetically by course title. Begin here Pending Schedule in this manner. Use Remove Class and if you are looking for classes on a particular topic. Use the Recalculate Shopping Cart to remove errors or duplicates. course number to find the complete course description, moderator biography, and other details. 4. CHECK OUT. When your Pending Schedule is complete, scroll to the bottom of the screen to select Checkout and Continue Registration. Complete all payment information LOCATIONS & PARKING and Submit Payment. You will receive an email within UC Victory Parkway Campus (VPC)—2220 Victory minutes confirming your payment and class schedule. Pkwy., 45206. Classes take place in the Administration and Classroom buildings. Passes for free parking in the East Lot accessed from Cypress St. distributed during first week of classes and later at OLLI office in VPC Admin 207. TROUBLE SHOOTING! • You cannot register for courses that meet at the 3201 E. Galbraith Rd., Cincinnati, OH Adath Israel (ADI)— same time on the same day. If you want to attend 45236 (Amberley). Park for free in the adjacent parking lot. a one-time class or Extra Treat that meets during Absolutely no food or drink is permitted at this facility. one of your multi-week classes, call the office at Ohio Living Llanfair (OHLL)—1701 Llanfair Ave., 45224 513‑556‑9186. (College Hill). Park for free in visitor parking. • If registration is open and you don’t see courses listed, Spring Grove Cemetery (SGC)—4521 Spring Grove Ave., check that the box labeled “Term” says “Winter 2018.” Cincinnati, OH 45232. Park for free in the adjacent lot. You may also need to refresh your browser. See page 41 for maps of each major location . The • If you have questions or problems, call 513-556-9186. addresses of other locations are listed within the individual Office hours are Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. course descriptions. at the University of Cincinnati OLLI COURSE CATALOG | Winter 2018 3 Classes by CATEGORY

ART & ART HISTORY 1915 The Other Major 1914 Learn to Meditate 2537 Five Practical Steps: Military/Economic from Christian, Know What to Do and 1917 The Artmakers Powers: China, India, Hindu, and Buddhist Expect When a Death (VPC‑THU) Japan, and Russia Perspectives Occurs (VPC‑MON) 1416 Art—What about It! (VPC‑THU) (VPC‑THU) 2012 Planning Your Second (VPC‑TUE) 1013 Public Lands—Sacred 2826 Live Longer‑Live Adulthood (VPC‑THU) 4333 The Artworks of Jim Spaces (VPC‑MON) Better with the Seven 2015 Savvy Social Security Slouffman: An Inner Dimensions of Senior 4331 Solving Hunger: Planning for Baby Journey (ADI‑TUE) Wellness (VPC‑THU) A Workforce Boomers (VPC‑THU) 1516 Great Art, Architecture, Development Solution 2632 Master Mindfulness/ 4334 Six Strategies to Pay Public Spaces, by Freestore Foodbank Meditation without for Extended Care: and Museums of (ADI‑TUE) Moving to the Which Is Your Plan? the World, Part 2 Himalayas! (VPC‑TUE) (ADI‑TUE) (VPC‑TUE) EXERCISE, HEALTH & 3506 Move into Ease 4429 Spousal Preparedness WELLNESS (ADI‑TUE) for Financial and Estate COMPUTERS & 5104 Ask the Pharmacist: TECHNOLOGY 1309 Nutrition and Disease Planning (ADI‑THU) Dietary Supplements Prevention (VPC‑MON) 1918 Become the Boss of and Prescription 4025 Wealth Preservation Your iPhone/iPad Medications 3423 Smarter Age Brain (ADI‑THU) (VPC‑THU) (VPC‑WED) Enhancement (ADI‑TUE) 4023 Getting to Know Your 1418 Cardiovascular FOREIGN LANGUAGE iPad (ADI‑THU) Disease—Cholesterol, 3802 Tai Chi+ (ADI‑THU) 3421 Intermediate French Type II Diabetes, 1602 Understanding Conversation CURRENT EVENTS, LAW & Hypertension, Blood Vipassana Meditation (ADI‑TUE) Clotting (VPC‑TUE) POLITICS (VPC‑TUE) 2208 Intermediate Italian 6084 Can “Soupe” Save the 4335 The Aging Brain, 2102 Vipassana Meditation (VPC‑FRI) City? (OHLL‑FRI) Alzheimer’s, and How Practice (VPC‑THU) to Minimize the Aging 3406 Introductory Spanish, 2637 Common ‑Sense Gun Process (ADI‑TUE) Part 2 (ADI‑TUE) FINANCIAL & RETIREMENT Legislation (VPC‑TUE) 1417 Italian for Beginners 3400 Easy ‑Does‑It Exercise PLANNING 1613 A Congress that Serves (ADI‑TUE) (VPC‑TUE) the People (VPC‑TUE) 1517 Auto Insurance 3529 Exploring Our Sense of Discount—Here’s How! 3530 L’Invitation au Voyage 3403 Controversial Issues Touch (ADI‑TUE) (VPC‑TUE) (ADI‑TUE) (ADI‑TUE) 8218 Float, Flex, and Be Fit 6078 Avert a Crisis! Be a GARDENING & LANDSCAPE 4336 Creating One (OTHER‑WED) Super Hero! Make a Greater Community: Plan! (OHLL‑FRI) 3823 Gardening Forum Welcoming New 2636 Full Legalization of (ADI‑THU) Cincinnatian Refugees Addicting Drugs: A 3926 Financial Planning and (ADI‑TUE) New Direction on Investment Workshop 1122 How to Start a the War on Drugs (ADI‑THU) Vegetable Garden 4426 Gerrymander in Ohio (VPC‑TUE) (VPC‑MON) (ADI‑THU) 3410 Financial Workshop: 8220 Get Golf Ready Your Source for 7104 Pruning Seminar 5105 Healing the Wounds of (OTHER‑WED) Financial Education for the Homeowner War (VPC‑WED) (ADI‑TUE) (SGC‑TUE) 3632 Happy Feet Series 1603 Let’s Talk Current (ADI‑TUE) Events (VPC‑TUE)

Find the detailed class descriptions (listed by class number) beginning on page 8. ADI—Adath Israel SGC—Spring Grove Cemetery OTHER—all other locations OHLL—Ohio Living Llanfair VPC—Victory Parkway Campus

4 OLLI COURSE CATALOG | Winter 2018 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute WINTER WEATHER POLICY • If UC is closed, OLLI is closed at all locations. Check local media, call 513-556-3333, or go online to uc.edu/alerts. • If UC is delayed, only classes that begin after UC opens will take place. • Other class locations may be closed with UC is open. Check local media or call 513-556-9186.

OLLI members got their hands dirty at Spring Grove Cemetery. Photo: Warren Dedich

Dean Moore received the first Stephen Appel Award for an outstanding OLLI moderator (with Curriculum Committee Chair Doug Iden). Photo: Peter Nord

Hirsh Cohen and his bands return this winter with a program of Dixieland favorites (#5111). Michael Black and Pat Gullett Moderator Antonio Iemmola appreciated Wine Appreciation with continues teaching Italian moderator Mary Fruehwald. this term (#1417, #2208). Photo: Connie Springer at the University of Cincinnati OLLI COURSE CATALOG | Winter 2018 5 Classes by CATEGORY

HISTORY & SOCIAL 6080 Northside: A Sassy 8568 Let’s Check Out the 2301 Voices from the Heart SCIENCE Family Neighborhood Library (OTHER‑FRI) (VPC‑FRI) (OHLL‑FRI) 2824 An Afternoon with 6083 Meet John Erardi: 1119 Wendell Berry: A Paul Laurence Dunbar 2827 Outbreak! Epidemics Newspaper and Poetic Novel and Novel (VPC‑THU) that Changed the Book Sports Writer Poetry (VPC‑MON) World (VPC‑THU) (OHLL‑FRI) 8567 All ‑American Law 1910 White Nights and Enforcement in 2533 Rocking the Cradle of 1120 Origami Other Stories by Greater Cincinnati Presidents (VPC‑MON) (Paper‑Folding) Fyodor Dostoyevsky Tour (OTHER‑TUE) (VPC‑MON) (VPC‑THU) 2634 See the USA the Italian 1714 Cornwall: History, Way (VPC‑TUE) 3822 Paper Bead Mystery, Mansions, Jewelry‑Making MUSIC 3634 Taiwan: A History Mines, and Modernity Workshop (ADI‑THU) 6082 All that Jazz: An (VPC‑WED) of Agonies (free, subsidized by 1811 Redleg Memories Overview of American 4026 Cuba Inside Out SF‑Taiwan) (ADI‑TUE) (VPC‑WED) Jazz Music from the (ADI‑THU) Piano (OHLL‑FRI) 2538 US Air Force Museum 3821 Researching Your 4427 Destination Unknown: at Wright‑Patterson Family History 2535 The Audacity and Adventures of a WWII AFB (VPC‑MON) (ADI‑THU) Wit of Tom Lehrer American Red Cross (VPC‑MON) Girl (ADI‑THU) 4428 US Air Force Museum 2638 South in Your Mouth at Wright‑Patterson (VPC‑TUE) 1501 Exploring Opera 6081 Discovering the AFB (ADI‑THU) (VPC‑TUE) 8570 Taste Ohio Wines at Secrets of the Fernald 2003 For the Love of Music Preserve (OHLL‑FRI) 2113 What If? (VPC‑THU) Meier’s Wine Cellars (OTHER‑FRI) (VPC‑THU) 2532 William Tecumseh 2825 The Gifts They Gave: 1118 Giants of Jazz of Contributions by Sherman: The Devil in the Blue Uniform LITERATURE & DRAMA the 20th Century African Americans (VPC‑MON) (VPC‑THU) (VPC‑MON) 8417 Abortion and Fiction (OTHER‑FRI) 3631 Musical Masterpieces 2829 Hidden History of HOBBIES, SPORTS of the Romantic Era 2114 Barriers and Cincinnati (VPC‑THU) & OTHER (ADI‑TUE) Boundaries: Racial 5108 “I Didn’t See It that 8221 Art and Hobby Divisions in American 3925 Old ‑Time Music and Way”: Racial Identity Workshop Literature (VPC‑THU) the Country Cousins: Development and Our (OTHER‑WED) The Golden Age of 3534 The Color of Water Worldview (VPC‑WED) Radio, 1920s–1950s 3920 Beginning Knitting (ADI‑TUE) (ADI‑THU) 5106 Incarceration (ADI‑THU) 3532 New York (Books) and After: A 4024 Sing Karaoke 8306 Bridge 101: Intro to State of Mind, Part 2 Japanese‑American (ADI‑THU) Story (VPC‑WED) Bridge (OTHER‑THU) (ADI‑TUE) 1314 Songs of Resistance 8110 Bridge 102: For 2311 A Reader Lives a 8569 Irish Heritage (VPC‑MON) Center Tour and Tea Those Who Know Thousand Lives (OTHER‑FRI) Some of the Basics (VPC‑FRI) 5111 Way Down Yonder (OTHER‑TUE) in New Orleans 3903 A Twist on How 5107 Morgan’s Great Raid: (VPC‑WED) Taking the Civil War to 8222 Cooking Made Easy Plays Can Help in the North (VPC‑WED) (OTHER‑WED) Understanding Families (ADI‑THU) 1701 Knitting and Crocheting (VPC‑WED)

Find the detailed class descriptions (listed by class number) beginning on page 8. ADI—Adath Israel SGC—Spring Grove Cemetery OTHER—all other locations OHLL—Ohio Living Llanfair VPC—Victory Parkway Campus

6 OLLI COURSE CATALOG | Winter 2018 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION 3924 Amazing Ways that 4337 Nuclear Electricity, 3927 The Golden Age of Everyday Products Are Nuclear Batteries, and Broadway, Part 5 3531 21st ‑Century Ideas Designed (ADI‑THU) Nuclear Homicide (ADI‑THU) that Matter (ADI‑TUE) (ADI‑TUE) 1712 Biotechnology and 3820 Hooray for Hollywood 8565 Athenaeum of Ohio American Society 1615 The Wonders of the Musicals, Part 12 Tour and Lunch with (VPC‑WED) Atom (VPC‑TUE) (ADI‑THU) the Seminarians (OTHER‑FRI) 3928 C. G. Jung Study/ 2830 An Inside Look at Discussion Group SELF‑IMPROVEMENT the Cincinnati Ballet 3635 Bhagavad ‑Gita: The (ADI‑THU) (VPC‑THU) Most Renowned and 2531 The ABCs of Creating Redeemable Hindu 2635 Conservation Conditions for Healing 2536 Laurel and Hardy Book (ADI‑TUE) Biology: A Deep‑Time (VPC‑MON) Are Coming to Town! Perspective to (VPC‑MON) 1012 The Buddha’s Middle 2209 Applied Creativity and Modern Conservation Way: A Path to Peace Innovation (VPC‑FRI) 5110 Tragedy Tomorrow, Issues (VPC‑TUE) in a Divided World 1510 Confrontation- Comedy Tonight: The (VPC‑MON) 1014 Exploring Genetics Listening Skills: More Stephen Sondheim (VPC‑MON) Story (VPC‑WED) 1121 Henry David Thoreau JOY in Relationships and the Modern 3533 The FDA Story: Labels, (VPC‑TUE) 2312 Women in Cinema World (VPC‑MON) Antifreeze, Antibiotics, 1315 Exploring Your Inner (VPC‑FRI) and Orphan Drugs 3633 Here Come the Child (VPC‑MON) 2831 Writes: Camera, (ADI‑TUE) Judges, Part 2 2633 Good Grief (VPC‑TUE) Action! (VPC‑THU) (ADI‑TUE) 2639 Fusion Power: Will a Private Company 2534 In Search of the 3422 Living World Religions, TRAVEL Succeed Where Highest Truth: One Part 2 (ADI‑TUE) Governments Have Man’s Journey to India 4330 Indonesia, The 8566 Tour Adath Israel Failed? (VPC‑TUE) and Back (VPC‑MON) Maldives, and Coco’s Island: Below and Synagogue (ADI‑MON) 1916 Peace Education 1415 Global Change above the Sea Program (VPC‑THU) on Coral Reefs: A (ADI‑TUE) PHOTOGRAPHY Personal 50‑Year 1812 Rebuilding Your Life 4423 North to Alaska: 1313 Photography Perspective (VPC‑TUE) after Loss (VPC‑WED) Glaciers, Gorges, and Made Easy, or I 5109 Here Come the 6079 SMART Self‑Defense Gorgeous (ADI‑THU) Got a Camera for Sharks! A Visit from Class (OHLL‑FRI) Christmas, Now What? WAVE Foundation at 3535 Travel Seminar (VPC‑MON) Newport Aquarium 4425 The Top Five Secrets (ADI‑TUE) to Aging Well 3418 Photography (VPC‑WED) 4424 Yellowstone National (ADI‑THU) Workshop (ADI‑TUE) 1711 How to Recognize Park: The World’s 1614 Topics in Wisdom— First National Park 1713 Studies in Propaganda and Exploring Character (ADI‑THU) Photographic Brainwashing in and Aging through the Creativity (VPC‑WED) Marketing and Media (VPC‑WED) Movies (VPC‑TUE) WRITING SCIENCE, MATH 2112 How What You See 3819 Understanding 1808 Everyone Has a Story & PSYCHOLOGY Came to Be, Part 1 Yourself and Others to Tell (VPC‑WED) (VPC‑THU) with the Enneagram, 2013 Active Imagination Part 2 (ADI‑THU) 3929 Guided in Mathematics and 4422 Light and Color Autobiography Science: Some Limits (ADI‑THU) 1813 You Can Change How (ADI‑THU) and Discoveries You Feel (VPC‑WED) 4332 Nikola Tesla’s (VPC‑THU) 1503 Poetry Writing Work in Wireless: Workshop (VPC‑TUE) 2828 AHA! The Communication, STAGE & SCREEN 2014 Writing for Children Neuroscience of Power, and Remote 8004 Bond with James’ (VPC‑THU) Creativity (VPC‑THU) Control (ADI‑TUE) Films (OTHER‑MON)

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NEW 1012 The Buddha’s Middle Way: A Path to UPDATED 1014 Exploring Genetics Peace in a Divided World Mondays, Feb. 5–Mar. 26, 9:30–10:45 am (VPC) $5 Mondays, Feb. 5–Mar. 26, 9:30–10:45 am (VPC) $5 CLASS LIMIT: 30 The Buddha lived in a troubled time; different beliefs, This lecture series will provide a basic overview of human doctrines, and attitudes toward authority contended genetics and delve into hot topics in the genetic field. Topics with one another, each presenting itself as the one true will include genetic counseling and genetic education, family way. Against all these, the Buddha presented a path that history taking, the process of doing direct to consumer demanded neither particular belief nor adherence to ancestry testing, and the genetics of common diseases doctrine, tradition, or authority and that all could test for and cancer. We’ll also discuss the ethics and psychosocial themselves against the difficulties and distractions of their implications of genetic testing. particular lives. In this course, we’ll see how that ancient Path might help each of us live peacefully and calmly through our Moderator: Emily Wakefield, MS, LGC, is a certified genetic own troubled times. counselor for the Division of Human Genetics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. She has worked as a Moderator: Richard Blumberg has been a student of the laboratory genetic counselor in the Molecular Genetics teachings collected in the Pāli Canon for the past 20 years. Laboratory since 2014. She also provides clinical counseling He has moderated a number of OLLI courses based on services in the RASopathy clinic. those teachings as well as teaching at other venues in the Cincinnati area. NEW 1118 Giants of Jazz of the 20th Century NEW 1013 Public Lands—Sacred Spaces Mondays, Feb. 5–Mar. 19, 11 am–12:15 pm (VPC) $5 Mondays, Feb. 5–26, 9:30–10:45 am (VPC) $5 Jazz is the uniquely American contribution to the world of music. Each week, as we highlight a different instrument Before President Obama left office, he used the 1906 from trumpet to saxophone to piano and others, we will Antiquities Act to provide additional protection to more enjoy more than 150 selections from dozens of great jazz than 1.7 million acres of federal land by giving it National artists from Louis Armstrong to Nina Simone to Keith Jarret Monument status. The Sagebrush Rebellion is a movement to John Coltrane. started in the 1970s that seeks to transfer ownership of federal land to the states. The movement is mostly political, Moderator: Hirsh Cohen is a retired healthcare executive. He but there has been radical action like the seizure of Malheur studied classical bass and tuba in Montreal, played in the National Wildlife Refuge. Some of this land is sacred to Canadian Army and Air Force bands, and directed successful Native American Indians. This is a complex issue; let’s big band and small ensemble dance bands. He is now retired explore it together. and just very happy to play several instruments in several community bands in Cincinnati. Moderator: Bill Menrath has researched environmental and occupational contaminants at UC College of Medicine NEW for the past 28 years. He recently received an award from 1119 Wendell Berry: A Poetic Novel and the Department of Housing and Urban Development for Novel Poetry his leadership in the area of healthy housing training. He Mondays, Feb. 5–Mar. 26, 11 am–12:15 pm (VPC) $5 recently retired from his position as director of the Great Lakes OSHA Educational Center. CLASS LIMIT: 20 We will explore the mythic rural Kentucky community where prize-winning author Wendell Berry lives and creates remarkable characters who share their lives and loves over generations. We will create a literary community of our own as we share the novel Hannah Coulter (Counterpoint Press, 2004) as well as some of Berry’s most provocative essays and poems from his Collected Poems (2012). Moderator: Ellen Frankenberg, PhD, was an English teacher who became a psychologist and consultant to entrepreneurial families. She has written widely about psychological dynamics within family businesses. She holds a master’s degree from XU and a doctorate from OSU.

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1120 Origami (Paper-Folding) 1309 Nutrition and Disease Prevention Mondays, Feb. 5–Mar. 12, 11 am–12:15 pm (VPC) $5 + Mondays, Feb. 5–Mar. 26, 2:15–3:30 pm (VPC) $5 materials fee Proper diet and daily exercise are necessary to maintain CLASS LIMIT: 11 overall health. This course focuses on the benefits of proper nutrition and consistent activity to achieve wellness No talent needed to enjoy creating origami to decorate cards, and to help prevent the most common, non-infectious gifts, or table—or just for fun! In this six-week session, we’ll diseases plaguing our population: cardiovascular disease, make Box on Legs, Butterfly, Egg Stand, Hungry Dino, Kissing diabetes, cancer, osteoporosis, and neurological and other Lips, Hopping Frog, Swan, Star Box, Bookmarks, 4x6 Photo degenerative diseases. Frame, and Dove. You’ll learn two new figures each day (in a variety of paper) and review last week’s projects (as time Moderator: Peachy Seiden is a registered dietitian nutritionist allows). On the first day, Linda will collect a $3 fee, which with a nutrition consulting practice in Cincinnati helping covers all materials for the six classes (and includes extra for people with weight loss, disease prevention, and health you to take home). promotion using the principles of mind-body interaction and integrative nutrition. She also conducts weekly healthy Moderator: Linda Kegg struggled to learn origami from books. cooking classes, yoga/tai chi/qigong classes, and workplace She wants to make it easier—and a lot more fun—for you. wellness programs in the Tristate.

NEW 1121 Henry David Thoreau and the Modern NEW 1313 Photography Made Easy, or I Got a World Camera for Christmas, Now What? Mondays, Feb. 5–Mar. 12, 11 am–12:15 pm (VPC) $5 Mondays, Feb. 5–Mar. 26, 2:15–3:30 pm (VPC) $5 CLASS LIMIT: 35 New Christmas camera or just back from a world cruise with Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) enjoys a place of authority ten or twenty thousand photos? Don’t sign up for therapy; in American culture. Early writings like Walden champion the take this course and learn what to do with your camera and individual. “Civil Disobedience” inspired world-renowned photos. We’ll cover what you need to know to shoot, process, leaders in social justice (e.g., King, Gandhi), and contemporary store, share, and print your memories and family treasures. activities like the Sanctuary Movement assure continued No experience necessary, but if you’ve been at it since relevance. Finally, Thoreau’s naturalist writings attract interest Kodachrome was ASA 10, come and learn a few new tricks. as the environmental crisis becomes widely recognized and Any type camera will do, including the one on your phone. feared. We ask: What were Thoreau’s ideas? How did he Questions welcome: [email protected]. come by them? Are they sound? This class seeks answers. Moderator: Peter Nord, PhD, has more than 60 years of Moderator: Charles H. Seibert is emeritus professor of experience in various aspects of photography. philosophy, McMicken College of Arts and Sciences, UC. NEW 1314 Songs of Resistance NEW 1122 How to Start a Vegetable Garden Mondays, Feb. 5–Mar. 26, 2:15–3:30 pm (VPC) $5 Mondays, Feb. 5–Apr. 2, 11 am–12:15 pm (VPC) $5 We will lift up our voices and learn songs that have had a CLASS LIMIT: 10 powerful effect on social change. These are not just 1960s protest songs. Some are from old slave spirituals. Some are This course will cover the basic tentative steps to becoming funny, some original, and some are children’s songs. (Did you a successful grower of vegetables. We’ll cover how to read a know that “Baa Baa Black Sheep” was written as a tax-protest seed catalogue, plan a garden, rotate crops, and what crops song?) All are powerful, universal, and easy to sing, stirring up to start as seedlings vs. plant by seed. We’ll explore briefly resistance to the established old way and making way for a planting by moon phases, seasons, and certain dates for new way. Come sing with us. Experience the power and love certain crops. Expect class participation that may include of music. supplies the moderator will provide. Co-Moderators: Robin Roland and Janice Alvarado are Moderator: Lois Thompson ran an inner-city garden for a local passionate about building community through song. Robin nonprofit as garden manager and volunteer coordinator all has a lifetime of experience leading songs with his beautiful rolled into one. She was instrumental in doing horticulture voice and guitar. Janice has sung in choruses since grade therapy as well as teaching how to garden to various school and even competed in the World Choir Games. volunteer groups from teenagers on up. She loves passing on tips and tricks of the garden.

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arts for 40+ years as a dealer, consultant, framer, lighting NEW 1315 Exploring Your Inner Child designer, appraiser, and painter. Mondays, Feb. 5–Apr. 2, 2:15–3:30 pm (VPC) $5 CLASS LIMIT: 10 1417 Italian for Beginners The course is based on Recovery of Your Inner Child by Lucia Tuesdays, Feb. 6–Mar. 27, 9–10:45 am (VPC) $5 Capacchione, PhD. Before the first class, please obtain a copy CLASS LIMIT: 10 (used is fine!) and look it over, noting a couple of exercises in the book that look appealing. The first class will be a Learn to communicate in this beautiful, musical language. meet-and-greet along with experiencing a brief selection of You’ll acquire the basics of pronunciation, vocabulary, exercises. Your choices of exercises will dictate the flow of grammar, and sentence structure as you begin to develop lessons. Each lessons may require different supplies such as your conversational skills. Emphasis will be on speaking and crayons, paper, etc. pronunciation plus special expressions for travelers. We’ll include tips on traveling, sightseeing, and enjoying Italian Moderator: Lois Thompson is self-employed. Her deep, culture. Text: Italian: A Self-Teaching Guide by Edoardo A. rich, interest and curiosity in how plants—and she as an Lèbano. Note: class begins at 9 am. individual—tick have enriched her life. Just like good soil produces many good products, she knows that the better we Moderator: Antonio Iemmola has been teaching Italian at understand ourselves the more profound of a positive effect UC for 20 years and NKU for 25 years. He enjoys teaching we can have on others. this beautiful language with a great culture, cuisine, and fascinating history that goes back a long time. When you speak Italian, it seems as if you are singing opera because it NEW 1415 Global Change on Coral Reefs: A is a very musical language. Ciao e grazie . Personal 50-Year Perspective Tuesdays, Feb. 6–20, 9:30–10:45 am (VPC) $5 NEW 1418 Cardiovascular Disease—Cholesterol, During my 50-year career as a paleobiologist, I have been Type II Diabetes, Hypertension, Blood Clotting privileged to conduct research on coral reefs around the Tuesdays, Feb. 6, Feb. 13, Mar. 6, Mar. 13, 9:30–10:45 am world using SCUBA diving. I have witnessed profound (VPC) $5 changes in reef life resulting from hurricanes, mass mortalities, coral bleaching, and invasive species. This in- The course will focus on the ways cholesterol, type depth three-week course will be my personal record of these II diabetes, hypertension, and blood clotting affect changes, using my own colorful underwater photos from the cardiovascular disease. We will focus on prevalence, Caribbean and the Pacific. I will explain how many of these prevention, genetics, therapy, and outcomes of treatment. changes are related to global environmental change caused Moderator: Charles J. Glueck, MD—Harvard College, AB; by human activity. Case Western Reserve Univ. College of Medicine, MD; Moderator: David Meyer, professor of geology emeritus, UC. medical resident, Massachusetts General Hospital; fellow, Before joining UC in 1975, he worked with the Smithsonian molecular disease, NIH Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Tropical Research Institute in Panama, 1971–75. His research director, Cholesterol-Metabolism-Thrombosis Center, 2017– interests include paleontology as well as coral reef ecology. present; resident education and research, Jewish Hospital Graduate Medical Education, 2016–17; director, Cholesterol Center, Jewish Hospital,1987–2016; professor, medicine and NEW 1416 Art—What about It! pediatrics, UC College of Medicine, 1969–87. Tuesdays, Feb. 6–Mar. 27, 9:30–10:45 am (VPC) $5 Each week, Sam and Paul will introduce you to a different UPDATED 1501 Exploring Opera creator or purveyor of visual art from traditional to cutting Tuesdays, Feb. 6–Mar. 27, 11 am–12:15 pm (VPC) $5 edge. You will hear about technique, inspiration, marketing, collecting, and cultural attitudes about art. The class will be This quarter we will view and discuss Verdi’s last opera, interactive, encouraging questions and discussion. Falstaff, and Jules Massenet’s Thaïs. Continuing our study of operatic voices, we will look at some combinations of voices, Co-Moderators: Sam Hollingsworth is a graduate of such as duets, trios, etc. UC College of DAAP and a current exhibiting artist at the WashPark Gallery in OTR, Cincinnati. He has been Moderator: Richard Goetz, PhD, is a retired industrial a moderator for ten years teaching art history and chemical research manager who has been attending opera appreciation. Paul Schaff has been involved in the visual since 1949.

10 OLLI COURSE CATALOG | Winter 2018 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute CLASS NUMBER 1315–1603

furniture, fashion, and jewelry and owner of retail stores and UPDATED 1503 Poetry Writing Workshop art galleries. Tuesdays, Feb. 6–Mar. 27, 11 am–12:15 pm (VPC) $5 CLASS LIMIT: 14 NEW 1517 Auto Insurance Discount—Here’s How! Whether you are a published or private penner of poems, Tuesdays, Feb. 12–Mar. 27, 11 am–12:15 pm (VPC) $5 + join us for an interactive writing experience. We’ll talk about certification fee themes, forms, literary devices, and favorite poems while Auto insurance is expensive enough, and what with the we write and share together in a supportive atmosphere. other drivers, even an experienced driver has to pay up. The We welcome newcomers and those who’ve taken the course state of Ohio has certified drive-rite and Walt Neary to help before with new content each week. For the first session, you achieve an annual discount. A seven-week investment bring a favorite poem by any poet and be ready to tell us in time, final assessment, and one-hour in-car can earn you what you like about it. the necessary certificate. A $10 fee is required for the in-car Co-Moderators: Cate O’Hara has an MA in English from Univ. assessment and Certificate of Completion. You’ll be a better, of CA, Berkeley, and has taken and taught poetry workshops safer driver—and save money. for many years. Judi Morress is a published poet and Moderator: Walt Neary began his career in driver education member of the Monday Morning Writers Group; she plans to 18 years ago with teenagers, then expanded to adults: Driver publish a book of her poems soon. Improvement Programs (remedial), Abbreviated Adult Driver Training (ages 18–25), Driver Disabilities, and Mature Driving. 1510 Confrontation-Listening Skills: More JOY in Relationships UPDATED 1602 Understanding Vipassana Tuesdays, Feb. 6–Apr. 3, 11 am–12:30 pm (VPC) $5 Meditation If you sometimes wish the quality of your communication Tuesdays, Feb. 6–Mar. 27, 2:15–3:45 pm (VPC) $5 with others was more enjoyable and even appreciated, CLASS LIMIT: 25 then this course might be what you have been looking for. You’ll learn specific skills (even specific words) that research This course offers an understanding about meditation shows, when used appropriately, persons will respond to practices. The emphasis will be on concepts of Vipassana you in positive ways. (Predicable outcome: more JOY in (insight) Meditation. The meditation practice will be relationships!) This is definitely a participation course where introduced step-by-step. You will learn how to slowly we practice skills in a safe environment. We will meet for develop insights by close attentiveness to and experiential nine weeks. phenomena of your own mind-body process. The Buddha introduced this practice; however, this is a non-religious Moderator: Everett Nissly; BS, Ball State Univ.; MEd, Miami class. Everyone who has an interest or wants to fulfill their Univ.; retired school principal/administrator; past adjunct curiosity is welcome. instructor of Effectiveness Training for Educators (six different colleges/universities); world traveler. Moderator: Manit Vichitchot was a Vipassana Meditation instructor at the International Meditation Study and Retreat Center, Wat Mahadhat Yuwarachrangsarit, Bangkok, NEW 1516 Great Art, Architecture, Public Spaces, Thailand, during 2009–13. and Museums of the World, Part 2 Tuesdays, Feb. 6–Mar. 27, 11 am–12:15 pm (VPC) $5 UPDATED 1603 Let’s Talk Current Events And when we are VERY lucky they all happen in the same Tuesdays, Feb. 6–Mar. 27, 2:15–3:30 pm (VPC) $5 place. We’ll view and discuss what experts tell us are the greatest historic and current creative achievements We discuss current news and other developments each worldwide. We will also discuss how humanity’s visual voice, week. You’ll also hear from a few guest speakers on at its best, propels us into the future and influences how we current topics. interact with our world. Great creative projects have been Co-Moderators: Len Harding is a semi-retired, but not at all humanity’s legacy to the world for centuries. We will explore retiring, person who has not had a traditional career and how new materials and methods make new legacies exciting is not locked into any particular view of anything. David as we enter into a different world of creative thinking. Kempton, AS, history and government, OU; MS, education, Moderator: Gene Johnston is an American/Parisienne living UC; worked for Hamilton Co. Board of Developmental in Paris and the US. She is also a designer of interiors, Disability Services for 35 years.

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NEW 1613 A Congress that Serves the People NEW 1615 The Wonders of the Atom Tuesdays, Feb. 6–Mar. 27 (no class Mar. 13–20), 2:15–3:30 Tuesdays, Feb. 6–Mar. 27, 2:15–3:30 pm (VPC) $5 pm (VPC) $5 Explore what’s inside the atom, how small and how many Congress has had a very high disapproval rating for almost there are, what holds them together, how atoms of the a decade, no matter which party has been in the majority. elements differ, and why there are more of one than others They have raised the deficit every year since 2000 and in our universe. These casual conversations will also touch excluded themselves from laws they pass for us. Many on radioactivity, splitting the atom, and more. We’ll meet people want to see Congress work together on the nation’s some of the interesting women and men of history who problems but feel congressional members put party, were insightful enough to figure all this out. This course is for personal, or donor interests first. Have you had enough of anyone, particularly writers, poets, and artists; come see the politics as usual? Would you like to see big changes made wondrous, at times bizarre, beauty of nature. in our national government processes? What changes Moderator: Stephen McClanahan, since retirement, has been and how? involved in numerous volunteer roles on issues of poverty, Moderator: Bob Viney, a former US nuclear submarine officer homelessness, and incarceration; his main focus now is and P&G executive, is adjunct professor of organizational environmental advocacy and search/rescue. He enjoys leadership at UC. He also attended a week-long educational camping, backpacking, motorcycling. He and his wife, Judy, program on citizenship from the Freedom Foundation and met in graduate school, both hold PhDs (chemistry and Medal of Honor Society at Valley Forge, PA, last summer. pharmaceutical science, respectively), have been married 39 years, and have three adult children. NEW 1614 Topics in Wisdom—Exploring Character and Aging through the Movies 1701 Knitting and Crocheting Tuesdays, Feb. 6–Mar. 13, 2:15–3:30 pm (VPC) $5 Wednesdays, Feb. 7–Mar. 28, 12:45–2 pm (VPC) $5 CLASS LIMIT: 20 CLASS LIMIT: 20 This class will look specifically at character as it relates to Beginning, intermediate, and advanced knitters and getting older—and getting older as it relates to character. crocheters are welcome. Learn the basics, how to read Each week a different film will serve as the basis of patterns (it’s a new language), and tips and tricks from discussion as we examine character through the lens of someone who has been teaching for about 40 years. You “conscious aging”—the development of wisdom and the will work on your own projects with advice and assistance as tendency toward inner growth versus the more common needed. “successful aging” model that focuses on maintaining Moderator: Sally Santoro has a passion for crafts and enjoys physical and cognitive abilities. We will use the VIA teaching others to enjoy them too. She has taught the blind classification and survey of character strengths and (and they have taught her). reference James Hillman’s work on character as well. Moderator: Rick Warm has a PhD in leadership and change NEW 1711 How to Recognize Propaganda and from Antioch Univ. and is director of the Center for Wisdom Brainwashing in Marketing and Media in Leadership, a newly founded research and educational organization based in Cincinnati. Wednesdays, Feb. 7–Mar. 28, 12:45–2 pm (VPC) $5 CLASS LIMIT: 12 Propaganda, brainwashing, and other “weapons of influence” have become common practice today. Much of the time, we don’t realize how these psychological persuasion techniques are being used, for they prey on the everyday shortcuts we use to cope with our busy worlds. During this course, you will learn how to recognize your own cognitive biases and how to avoid being a marketer’s dream. Moderator: Johanna Kremer is a retired marketing and communications professional who has more than two decades of experience working for educational institutions (high school, school district, and university).

12 OLLI COURSE CATALOG | Winter 2018 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute CLASS NUMBER 1613–1811

fertile farms, quaint villages, megalithic monuments, and NEW 1712 Biotechnology and American Society abandoned tin mines—settings for Doc Martin, Jamaica Inn, Wednesdays, Feb. 7–Mar. 28, 12:45–2 pm (VPC) $5 and Poldark . CLASS LIMIT: 20 Moderator: Richard Hoskin, raised in Cornwall in a family of journalists and historians, was educated in England at This course is a series of discussions on current issues Liskeard Grammar School, Clifton College, and Oxford, in the field of biotechnology and how they impact social, studying history. Joining P&G, he went on temporary economic, psychological, and political questions and assignment to America and put down roots. Retiring later challenges in modern American society. You will receive a from management consulting, he authored The Miner and series of non-technical readings that will serve as a basis for the Viscount, an acclaimed historical novel set in 18th-century our discussions. In each class, after an introduction to the Cornwall. topic, we will delve into a collection of questions based on the readings. UPDATED 1808 Everyone Has a Story to Tell Moderator: John Morrow holds a PhD in genetics from the Univ. of WA (Seattle) with post-doctoral training in cell Wednesdays, Feb. 7–Mar. 28, 2:15–3:30 pm (VPC) $5 genetics at the Univ. of Pavia, Italy. He has worked in the CLASS LIMIT: 12 pharma/biotech academic and private sectors and written hundreds of articles in the biotechnology trade press. He All writing pulls from the raw material of life. In this course, stays current through continuing writing and consulting in we will learn how to transform the everyday into personal the field. narratives, memoir, essay, and even fiction that illustrate broader truths and themes. You will have one or two opportunities to share your work and receive feedback from UPDATED 1713 Studies in Photographic Creativity the instructor and classmates. We will use Vivian Gornick’s Wednesdays, Feb. 7–Mar. 28, 12:45–2 pm (VPC) $5 The Situation and the Story as our text. Those interested CLASS LIMIT: 14 in writing memoir, nonfiction, essay, and fiction, from beginners to seasoned writers, are welcome. This is an intermediate and above workshop. You must Moderator: Amy Purcell is a corporate storyteller by day and have a good working knowledge of your DSLR camera fiction writer by night. She has written about everything and be using a post-production program like Lightroom from Prada to Preparation H and has had several short or Photoshop Elements. We will explore the creativity that stories published in literary journals. She received an MFA in aperture, shutter priority, and manual modes can offer you. creative writing from Kent State Univ. and BS in journalism A series of creative exercises will be challenging and self- from OU. She is currently working on a novel. inspiring. Most of all, it will be fun. The weekly photographic assignments will offer you the opportunity to share your printed work with the class. UPDATED 1811 Redleg Memories Moderator: Larry Pytlinski is an award-winning amateur Wednesdays, Feb. 7–Mar. 28, 2:15–3:30 pm (VPC) $5 photographer who, since his retirement, has devoted his Celebrate the history of the Cincinnati Reds. Topics include time to his passion for photography. He’s had several the 1869–70 Red Stockings, Cincinnati ballparks, Crosley solo shows, and his pictures are currently in several local Field, the Reds of the 1950s and 1960s, the Big Red Machine, galleries. and Opening Day (just in time for the 2018 opener!). Moderator: Greg Rhodes is the Cincinnati Reds team historian UPDATED 1714 Cornwall: History, Mystery, and former director of the Reds Hall of Fame and Museum. Mansions, Mines, and Modernity He has written several books on the Reds, including one on Wednesdays, Feb. 7–Mar. 28, 2:15–3:30 pm (VPC) $5 the 1869–70 Red Stockings. We delve into the mystical story of Cornwall and her sturdily independent people: Druids, King Arthur, trade with Phoenicia, rebellions, civil war, inventions, Industrial Revolution, rise of Methodism, emigration, and reinvention today. Part of the Celtic fringe, Cornwall is the southwestern tip of Britain, bounded by the Atlantic to the north and English Channel to the south. Cornwall’s beautiful and varied scenery embraces rugged cliffs, bleak moors, great estates,

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1812 Rebuilding Your Life after Loss NEW 1914 Learn to Meditate from Christian, Wednesdays, Feb. 14–Apr. 4, 2:15–3:30 pm (VPC) $5 Hindu, and Buddhist Perspectives CLASS LIMIT: 12 Thursdays, Feb. 8–22, 9:30–10:45 am (VPC) $5 There are few experiences in life with the ability to shake CLASS LIMIT: 20 your faith in yourself, the world, and everything you thought Meditation is a marvelous way to quiet your mind and listen you knew to be true like losing a spouse or life partner. You to yourself. People throughout the world have practiced suddenly become a “me” instead of a “we,” experiencing meditation for centuries. Come learn the simple 15-minute emotions like sadness, loneliness, anger, grief, and an practice that may change how you look at the world around anxious uncertainty about what the future now holds. While you. Everyone is welcome, and you will find it interesting this is potentially the most painful time of your life, you regardless of your religious background. You may realize can create something beautiful and meaningful out of this more than you expect. experience. This course supports you to do that. Moderator: Kevin Celarek graduated from Butler Univ. in Moderator: Carrie Doubts is a Professional Certified Coach 1971 and received a master’s degree from UC in 1974. He specializing in supporting people through life transitions. has been meditating almost every morning for 38+ years As the founder of Life’s Next Chapter Coaching, she works and studied Christian Centering Prayer, Hindu Siddha Yoga, with men and women who have lost a spouse/partner to and Insight Buddhist Meditation. It is interesting how similar reconnect with their heart, reclaim their power, and realign these three processes are. He attended two Christian and with their purpose to create their life’s next chapter. two Buddhist retreats in 2017. 1813 You Can Change How You Feel NEW 1915 The Other Major Military/Economic Wednesdays, Feb. 7–Mar. 28, 2:15–3:30 pm (VPC) $5 Powers: China, India, Japan, and Russia While anger, fear, and hurt are normal feelings, sometimes Thursdays, Feb. 8–Mar. 29, 9:30–10:45 am (VPC) $5 we have too much of them for our own good. This session will introduce you to the Albert Ellis, PhD, method to change As the world order shifts, what is the impact of these feelings. Rational Emotive Therapy (RET) is a self-help skill that countries on us, the EEC, and the other emerging you can use to manage stress or change negative self-talk. economies? We will review their history and current policies. Discussion and opinions are always welcome. Moderator: Mike Shryock is a licensed professional clinical counselor with many years’ experience using RET. He is also Moderator: Doug MacCurdy has recently moderated a lively a facilitator for Smart Recovery, a program using RET for course on Seven Blunders of the Modern World. Expect to people with addiction. hear lots of versions of the truth from the entire class.

UPDATED 1910 White Nights and Other Stories by UPDATED 1916 Peace Education Program Fyodor Dostoyevsky Thursdays, Feb. 8–Mar. 29, 9:30–10:45 am (VPC) $5 Thursdays, Feb. 8–Mar. 29, 9:30–10:45 am (VPC) $5 The purpose of this media-based, educational program created by the Prem Rawat Foundation is to help CLASS LIMIT: 15 participants explore the possibility of personal peace and Dostoyevsky’s life was beset by hardship and suffering discover inner resources—tools for living such as inner throughout: impoverishment, debt, exile, prison, illness strength, choice, appreciation, and hope. These workshops (epilepsy), an episode of heinous cruelty. Out of that came focus on a selection of core themes from the addresses a visionary literary voice that gained him an esteemed place of International Ambassador of Peace Prem Rawat. Each in its canon and the devotion of the Russian masses. We will session includes several video segments, time for reflection, read from the Dover Thrift Edition translated by Constance and accompanying reading materials. This course is about Garnett with the same title as above. Please read “White self-discovery with secular content, a workbook, and no Nights” for the first class. Moderator will read each story tests. aloud in class before discussion. Co-Moderators: James and Llee Sivitz, husband and wife, are Moderator: Robert Shanklin, OLLI moderator for the past ten local volunteers who have been trained by the Prem Rawat years, always on the subjects of literary fiction and poetry, Foundation to facilitate this course. It is an ongoing offering two of the loves of his live. Many of his classes have been on at the Cancer Support Community in northern KY and also at stories of Flannery O’Conner. the Warren and Lebanon correctional institutions.

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2012 Planning Your Second Adulthood NEW 1917 The Artmakers Thursdays, Feb. 8–Mar. 29, 11 am–12:15 pm (VPC) $5 Thursdays, Feb. 8–Mar. 22, 9:30–10:45 am (VPC) $5 CLASS LIMIT: 15 From the earliest cave paintings to the most edgy contemporary art, we will discuss various artists and the Would you like to continue an active, contributing life after mediums and methods they used to create their work. retirement? Do you need to earn income, or are you mostly interested in volunteering? Are you having trouble figuring Moderator: Sam Hollingsworth is a graduate of UC College of out how to move forward with your interests? This course DAAP and a current exhibiting artist at the WashPark Gallery will explore your interests and needs, assist you in reviewing in OTR, Cincinnati. He has been a moderator at OLLI for ten and defining your skills, help you prepare a resume, identify years teaching art history and appreciation. outlets for your interests, and assist you with strategies to accomplish your goals. UPDATED 1918 Become the Boss of Your iPhone/ iPad Moderator: Kent Friel, MBA, UC, owned a career services business for many years. Currently, he is a Certified Mentor Thursdays, Feb. 8–Mar. 29, 9:30 am–12:15 pm (VPC) $10 with SCORE, assisting those who are looking to start a CLASS LIMIT: 16 business. These are computers that can enrich your life in many ways. UPDATED We will look at what you can do and why you’d want to do 2013 Active Imagination in Mathematics that. Learn to manage your device by using settings. We’ll and Science: Some Limits and Discoveries look at all the standard “stuff” that came with it along with Thursdays, Feb. 8–Mar. 1, 11 am–12:15 pm (VPC) $5 tools for learning about your i-device. Then there are apps: Human conjecture, followed by experimentation and peer travel, news and weather, health, learning, utilities, and review, has produced discoveries that have led to the more. Hands on: bring your device and questions to this information age, including quantum mechanics, general double-period class! BECAUSE OF LIMITED SPACE, YOU MAY relativity, and the chemistry of life. We will emphasize the NOT ENROLL IN MORE THAN ONE IPHONE/IPAD COURSE. imaginations of Plato, Kepler, Newton, Leibniz, Galileo, Moderator: Jill Mitchell has loved computers since she got her Darwin, Euler, Jung, and Pauli because their ideas survived first Apple computer. And when her memory started going, argumentative critical analysis to become essential she bought an iPhone and was “saved” by the calendar app! ingredients of our current scientific laws and theories (e.g., a She used to work in software development and taught math crown jewel of human imagination—the periodic table). and English long ago. Moderator: Kirt Hobler, retired general surgeon and lover of science and liberal arts. UPDATED 2003 For the Love of Music Thursdays, Feb. 8–Mar. 29, 11 am–12:15 pm (VPC) $5 2014 Writing for Children “Listening to great music has always affected my entire Thursdays, Feb. 8–Mar. 29, 11 am–12:15 pm (VPC) $5 being. The course will continue to share the wonder of great CLASS LIMIT: 11 music and how it enriches our lives. There will be different composers and some of my performing colleagues to add to Do you want to be a child again, using your imagination the mix,” says long-time moderator Dick Waller. Experience and life experiences to write for children? Once written, the world’s great classical music and operatic selections would you like to send your fiction or nonfiction story off presented by professionals who share your deep love to a publisher or to hand it down to your grandchildren? of music. Freestyle creative writing on an assigned topic in class, book reviews, lectures, and guest speakers will help you create a Co-Moderators: Dick Waller, artistic director, Linton Chamber story that is suitable for children aged three through early Music Series (1976–2009); CSO principal clarinetist (1960–94). teens. We’ll also discuss marketing tools and pros and cons Charles Parsons, retired librarian, UC College of Law; author; of self-publishing. lecturer, UC CCM; honorary PhD, Univ. of Wales, Lampeter. Bob Zierolf, retired UC vice provost, dean of Graduate Moderator: Connie Trounstine is the author of The Worst School, and professor of music theory at CCM. Christmas Ever and The Phantom Five, both chapter books for middle-grade students, and Fingerprints on the Table, a picture book about a table that has been in the White House since President Ulysses S. Grant. Nine presidents signed historic peace documents on the table. at the University of Cincinnati OLLI COURSE CATALOG | Winter 2018 15 Class descriptions by CLASS NUMBER

Moderator: Richard Longshore, MD, is a graduate of XU and UPDATED 2015 Savvy Social Security Planning for Univ. of Louisville College of Medicine. He is NOT a geologist, Baby Boomers but he has an interest in what we see around us and Thursdays, Mar. 8–15, 11 am–12:15 pm (VPC) $5 especially how it got here. He will use Great Courses DVDs as a starting point, supplemented by commentary and class Social Security planning is complex. This two-week course discussion. will teach you how Social Security works to avoid costly mistakes and maximize your family’s benefit. We’ll explore answers to the following questions: Will Social Security be NEW 2113 What If? there for me? How much can I expect to receive? When Thursdays, Feb. 8–Mar. 29, 2:15–3:30 pm (VPC) $5 should I apply for Social Security benefits? How can I maximize my benefits? Will Social Security be enough to live In this crazy course, we’ll argue what the world might be like on? Social Security is too important for guesswork. Treat this if the outcomes of various events had turned out differently. resource as a significant asset and maximize it to it’s greatest For instance: 1) If a major earthquake and subsequent extent possible. tsunami in 1450 BCE had not destroyed Minoan civilization. 2) If Hannibal and the Carthaginians had conquered the Moderator: Michael J. Durkin is president of Durkin Financial, Romans in 202 BCE. 3) If there were no religions. 4) If LLC. He is a Certified Financial Planner®, and Retirement Europeans had adopted Native American Indian culture Income Certified Professional®. He has been helping instead of forcing European culture on them. 5) If the British individuals and business owners prepare for replacing their had won the American Revolution. And many more. paycheck in retirement with emphasis on maximizing their Social Security benefits for 35+ years. Moderator: Joan L. Howison, PhD (better known as Jody except to telemarketers), is a retired asst. professor of geography at UC where she taught everything from historical UPDATED 2102 Vipassana Meditation Practice geography of all parts of the world to oddball geography, Thursdays, Feb. 8–Mar. 29, 2:15–4:15 pm (VPC) $5 which is probably why she’s so odd. CLASS LIMIT: 15 UPDATED 2114 Barriers and Boundaries: Racial Each class meets for two hours. The course is offered to Divisions in American Literature those who have learned the fundamentals of Vipassana Meditation. It is an opportunity to cultivate the Buddha’s way Thursdays, Feb. 8–Mar. 29, 2:15–3:30 pm (VPC) $5 of liberation through the practice of ethics, meditation, and CLASS LIMIT: 20 insight. More technical explanations concerning the practice procedure will be introduced. The session starts with a America in 2018 is divided. However, barriers and short talk and chant before the walking and sitting practices. boundaries between racial groups are not new to our Thorough discussion about the practice experience will country and were, in fact, codified in harsh laws. Explore follow. The session is concluded with an extended loving- racial boundaries in A Farewell to Manzanar (1940s) by Jeanne kindness observation. Wakatsuki Hourston, The Invention of Wings (1803–38) by Sue Monk Kidd, and The Tortilla Curtain (1980s) by T. C. Boyle. Moderator: Manit Vichitchot was a Vipassana Meditation Learn about life in Japanese internment camps; see racial instructor at the International Meditation Study and Retreat struggles on Southern plantations; contrast intertwining lives Center, Wat Mahadhat Yuwarachrangsarit, Bangkok, of illegal immigrants and privileged whites in California. Read Thailand, during 2009–13. part 1 of Manzanar for the first class. Moderator: Kathy Richardson taught English and history 2112 How What You See Came to Be, Part 1 at Seven Hills School for 42 years as well as ESL in Wuhan, Thursdays, Feb. 8–Mar. 29, 2:15–3:30 pm (VPC) $5 China, in 1982. She now volunteers with OLLI and our Let’s take a journey of discovery from the far reaches of the China Sister City. Previous OLLI courses include American universe to the center of the earth. Where did the universe poets laureate, novels on coming of age, and Scout and come from? What is a quasar? What is a black hole? Where is Atticus Finch. here? What is the origin of the solar system? What is cosmic dust? What is a tectonic plate? What are the layers of the earth? Where does basaltic magma come from? Where does it go? What are electrons, and what do they do? How do we make rocks? Are there different kinds of dirt, and if so, what does each do? What does dirt have to do with climate?

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2208 Intermediate Italian UPDATED 2311 A Reader Lives a Thousand Lives Fridays, Feb. 9–Mar. 23, 9:30–11:30 am (VPC) $5 Fridays, Feb. 9–Mar. 30, 11 am–12:15 pm (VPC) $5 CLASS LIMIT: 10 CLASS LIMIT: 12 Increase your knowledge of Italian by joining this This course provides a book-club experience based on intermediate course. We will learn past tense of this subject matter rather than assigned titles—a great way beautiful and musical language. A prior knowledge of basic to share the excitement of reading and hear what other Italian is required. We will use the same book as the Italian people are reading. The moderator will solicit and schedule for Beginners course (#1417): Italian: A Self-Teaching Guide by participant book presentations and stimulate class Edoardo A. Lèbano. discussion. Each week we will focus on a different reading Moderator: Antonio Iemmola has been teaching Italian at topic, fiction or nonfiction. Books you have read or are UC for 20 years and NKU for 25 years. He enjoys teaching currently reading are fair game. this beautiful language with a great culture, cuisine, and Moderator: Tom Cislo is the moderator for a local book club fascinating history that goes back a long time. When you based on this same concept and now in its 15th year. He speak Italian, it seems as if you are singing opera because it has written book reviews for a community newspaper for is a very musical language. Ciao e grazie . eight years. The course title comes from George R. R. Martin (Game of Thrones): “A reader lives a thousand lives before he UPDATED 2209 Applied Creativity and Innovation dies. Someone who never reads lives only one.” Fridays, Feb. 9–Mar. 30, 9:30–10:45 am (VPC) $5 NEW CLASS LIMIT: 15 2312 Women in Cinema Fridays, Feb. 9–Mar. 30, 11 am–12:15 pm (VPC) $5 Learn new ways to ignite your imaginations, discover creative insights, and explore innovation and entrepreneurial This course explores the history of women in the film opportunities. We are experiencing exponential change and industry. Choosing certain female figures who stand out over need new approaches to solve a growing list of perplexing, the decades, we will learn about these actresses, directors, tenacious, and complex problems. The course focuses on producers, etc. From the early era of film to the present day, building an understanding of the essential competencies to women have been a part of movies. This course will give you broaden each person by developing task-relevant attitudes, the opportunity to learn about the many uncredited women skills, and knowledge that can unlock your talent through who were pioneers in the film business. practical exercises. You will be able to improve your critical Moderator: Sarah Keefe is a recent graduate of UC with an thinking, solve social and economic problems, and improve MFA and BA in electronic media broadcasting and cinema your life choices. studies. She held graduate assistantships teaching various Moderator: Ralph Brueggemann, MBA, MEd, is an adjunct undergraduate courses in mixed media such as basic video, professor at the Carl H. Lindner College of Business, UC. visual art studies, and graphic design and looks forward He has experience in independent consulting as well as to sharing her love of and knowledge about film with OLLI in national and international corporations developing members. commercial technology products. 2531 The ABCs of Creating Conditions for Healing UPDATED 2301 Voices from the Heart Monday, Feb. 5, 12:45–2 pm (VPC) $0 Fridays, Feb. 9–Mar. 30, 11 am–12:15 pm (VPC) $5 Discover three key ingredients for thriving in every area of Voices from the Heart is a course about sharing yourself. your life. Learn simple new ways to update your attitudes, Share your favorite stories, poems, or jokes. It is a chance to behaviors, and major life choices to assist with conquering let the inner performer out and give interpretive readings dis-ease and feeling better—for anything from ALS to what of favorite poems or songs. It is a lively, fun class. All forms to do during retirement. The presentation includes a gentle of public discourse welcome. Come and join in, or just come guided visualization so you can discover your own clues for and listen. experiencing more vibrant health. Moderator: Rick Stein is a former teacher who reads and Moderator: Heidi Bright writes prose and poetry, loves speeches, loves all kinds of movies and theater, has a few pet peeves, and secretly wishes to be either an actor or famous writer.

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NEW 2532 William Tecumseh Sherman: The Devil NEW 2536 Laurel and Hardy Are Coming to Town! in the Blue Uniform Monday, Mar. 12, 12:45–2 pm (VPC) $0 Monday, Feb. 12, 12:45–2 pm (VPC) $0 The 21st International Sons of the Desert Convention will William Tecumseh Sherman: a name that still rankles be coming to Cincinnati in July. Learn the history of how a southerners. More than a Civil War general, Sherman bunch of fans continue to keep the “boys” alive through local had a hand in the transcontinental railroad and the chapters and conventions. You’ll see a video highlighting placement of the Statue of Liberty. Come hear about the Cincinnati convention plans and a short Laurel and Hardy lesser-known “Billy.” film to showcase their classic comedy. There will also be time to learn about the upcoming convention—and plenty Moderator: Deb Price of laughs!

NEW 2533 Rocking the Cradle of Presidents Moderator: Gene Sorkin Monday, Feb. 19, 12:45–2 pm (VPC) $0 NEW 2537 Five Practical Steps: Know What to Do Ohio is well known as the cradle of US presidents, having and Expect When a Death Occurs sent no fewer than eight gentlemen on to the White House. Monday, Mar. 19, 12:45–2 pm (VPC) $0 But did you know that most of those eight cut their teeth in Cincinnati? Many of our future presidents spent significant Take this quiz: Who has a copy of the will? What happens if time in the Queen City before heading to Washington, someone becomes a “coroner’s case”? When do you need a making some interesting connections in the process. In certified copy of a death certificate? Who must authorize a honor of Presidents Day, Mary Ladrick, historian and owner cremation in Ohio? Who notifies Social Security that a death of Cincinnati’s Best Walking Tours, takes a closer look at has occurred? If you are a co-signer on a bank account, can some of the local people and places brushed by presidential you access funds after a death has occurred? Learn what greatness. to expect and how to preplan for the end of life. You’ll take home a checklist and additional resources. Moderator: Mary Ladrick Moderator: Kay Walters NEW 2534 In Search of the Highest Truth: One Man’s Journey to India and Back NEW 2538 US Air Force Museum at Wright- Monday, Feb. 26, 12:45–2 pm (VPC) $0 Patterson AFB Monday, Mar. 26, 12:45–2 pm (VPC) $0 When my wife left me 35 years ago, I turned to self- improvement workshops to heal. One year later, I journeyed Get ready to visit the National Museum of the United States to India to an ashram in the foothills of the Himalayas. For Air Force—on a motor coach trip with OLLI during spring two weeks, I faced each of my numerous fears, was sick with quarter or on your own. Don Gray from the museum at a fever, conformed to the rigors of ashram life, and seldom Wright-Patterson AFB will introduce us to the museum spoke. Then Babaje arrived, and my life was turned upside and its extraordinary exhibits on military aviation history, down. He answered my five questions plus one. The highest boasting more than 360 aerospace vehicles and missiles on truth was in the journey, which I will share with you at this display—many rare and one-of-a-kind—along with historical presentation. items and powerful sensory exhibits that bring history to life and connect the Wright brothers’ legacy with today’s stealth Moderator: Kevin Celarek and precision technology.

NEW 2535 The Audacity and Wit of Tom Lehrer Moderator: Don Gray Monday, Mar. 5, 12:45–2 pm (VPC) $0 Tom Lehrer has been described as “one of the great American songwriters without a doubt, right up there with everybody, the top guys. As a lyricist, as good as there’s been in the last half of the 20th century.” We will learn about his legacy and hear his many contributions to the satirical songs of the latter part of the 20th century. Moderator: Hirsh Cohen

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NEW 2632 Master Mindfulness/Meditation NEW 2636 Full Legalization of Addicting Drugs: A without Moving to the Himalayas! New Direction on the War on Drugs Tuesday, Feb. 6, 12:45–2 pm (VPC) $0 Tuesday, Mar. 6, 12:45–2 pm (VPC) $0 Join Sharon Byrnes for a midday pause to refresh your Richard Wendel is a retired urologist who has written and mind and re-establish your center in the midst of your busy lectured about the drug problem for a number of years. winter. Regardless of research findings touting the benefits He believes that we cannot arrest our way out of the drug of mindfulness and meditation, if the process makes you crisis. The only way to address the problem effectively is feel like a failure, you’re not likely to keep trying. Or perhaps to eliminate the drug cartels by making the drug trade you don’t have time to sit around, or the grandkids, pets, or unprofitable. Moreover, drug addiction should be treated as snow blowers are too distracting? Sharon will share simple a medical disease with the major focus on prevention and solutions that don’t require you to sit with pretzel legs, hum rehabilitation. strange words, or even close your eyes! Moderator: Richard Wendel Moderator: Sharon Byrnes NEW 2637 Common-Sense Gun Legislation 2633 Good Grief Tuesday, Mar. 13, 12:45–2 pm (VPC) $0 Tuesday, Feb. 13, 12:45–2 pm (VPC) $0 The debate over gun-control legislation versus second- Grief is our response to loss and change, like retirement and amendment rights continues. Hear about a grassroots gun death—and hurricanes. We can learn to be more resilient in violence prevention movement that uses strategies and how we process grief and not get stuck in anger, depression, tactics to advocate for common-sense solutions to decrease or alcohol. Goodbyes hurt. Hello is the antidote. gun violence and increase gun safety. We’ll also talk about Ohio and federal proposed firearm legislation and gun- Moderator: Mike Shryock safety programs. Michele Mueller is Ohio chapter leader of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. UPDATED 2634 See the USA the Italian Way Moderator: Michele Mueller Tuesday, Feb. 20, 12:45–2 pm (VPC) $0 The US is the only country that enjoys a truly multiethnic NEW 2638 South in Your Mouth society and recognizes their many contributions to our rich Tuesday, Mar. 20, 12:45–2 pm (VPC) $0 culture. Guided by postage stamps with Italian themes, we’ll tell stories, evoke memories, and transmit the many (known It’s biscuits, red-eye gravy, hummingbird cake, and and lesser-known) contributions that Italians and Italian muffalettas. The South brings a new level of culinary Americans have embedded in American culture. For trivia panache to the American palette. Come see and taste what’s lovers: name three Italians who are honored on US postage new in southern cuisine. stamps but never came to America. (You’ll have to attend to Moderator: Deb Price learn the answer!)

Moderator: Gerardo Perrotta 2639 Fusion Power: Will a Private Company Succeed Where Governments Have Failed? UPDATED 2635 Conservation Biology: A Deep-Time Tuesday, Mar. 27, 12:45–2 pm (VPC) $0 Perspective to Modern Conservation Issues Nuclear fusion powers the sun and the stars. Scientists Tuesday, Feb. 27, 12:45–2 pm (VPC) $0 and engineers have long dreamed of constructing a Biologists describe our modern times as the sixth great nuclear fusion device that would provide clean energy with extinction event, the only extinction event mediated neither greenhouse gases nor pollution and that would be by another biological species. Modern conservation cheaper than any other energy source. However, the fusion movements are trying to save as many species as possible, megaprojects sponsored by the world’s governments have but since we cannot save them all, how do we choose? The been floundering. Hope is not lost. We’ll discuss several paleontological record is a rich source of paleobiological and private companies that have come up with smaller and paleoecological information that can inform these choices. simpler approaches that show promise. Moderator: Brenda Hunda Moderator: Jerry Black

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2828 AHA! The Neuroscience of Creativity NEW 2824 An Afternoon with Paul Laurence Dunbar Thursday, Mar. 8, 12:45–2 pm (VPC) $0 Thursday, Feb. 8, 12:45–2 pm (VPC) $0 Creativity is a whole-brain process involving cognition, emotion, and conscious and unconscious processing. Experience a PowerPoint presentation of Mr. Dunbar’s life You will learn about the three large-scale brain networks with his accomplishments and his disappointments plus involved. We will also talk about why creativity in older brains a critical look at the zeitgeist of the era in which he lived. is so powerful. Finally, you will learn ten tips to maximize Extemporaneous recitations of his works and audience your creativity. involvement round out the program. A wonderful exposé of the first nationally acclaimed African American political figure Moderator: Patricia Faust in the history of the US. Moderator: Ralph Moon NEW 2829 Hidden History of Cincinnati Thursday, Mar. 15, 12:45–2 pm (VPC) $0 NEW 2825 The Gifts They Gave: Contributions by Jeff Suess, librarian of the Cincinnati Enquirer, where he African Americans keeps the archive and writes about Cincinnati history, reveals Thursday, Feb. 15, 12:45–2 pm (VPC) $0 the triumphs and tribulations of the first major American city founded after the American Revolution. Find out about From the traffic light to crop rotation used to prevent soil topics as varied as the last passenger pigeon on earth, the erosion, African Americans have improved our lives in deadliest maritime disaster in American history, the nation’s more ways than most of us realize. Come hear about their first train robbery, the Black Brigade’s role in protecting inventions and the first cosmetic millionaire who sold door Cincinnati against Confederate siege, and the original 1937 to door. Cincinnati Bengals. His book Hidden History of Cincinnati will Moderator: Caryl Miller be available for purchase and signing after the talk. Moderator: Jeff Suess 2826 Live Longer-Live Better with the Seven Dimensions of Senior Wellness NEW 2830 An Inside Look at the Cincinnati Ballet Thursday, Feb. 22, 12:45–2 pm (VPC) $0 Thursday, Mar. 22, 12:45–2 pm (VPC) $0 What is the point of living longer if you don’t also live better? Ever wanted to know what goes into producing high-quality Understanding and implementing the Seven Dimensions professional dance programs? We will provide an insider’s of Senior Wellness will help you do both. This presentation look at the Cincinnati Ballet from all angles, start to finish. is based on the presenter’s real-life experiences and not Staff members will explain everything from pointe shoes to abstract theory. music and dance, of course. You will find out exactly what Moderator: Roy Franchi goes on backstage and in the rehearsal studio. And we will feature some cool videos as well. NEW 2827 Outbreak! Epidemics that Changed Moderator: George Wilkinson the World Thursday, Mar. 1, 12:45–2 pm (VPC) $0 NEW 2831 Writes: Camera, Action! We still shudder when we hear the words cholera, typhoid, Thursday, Mar. 29, 12:45–2 pm (VPC) $0 and the Black Plague, yet these diseases changed world Writer Brian Dobbins will share the tale of his first history. Hear about these epidemics and what new diseases screenplay, A Dead Husband in a Western Town—from idea may lurk in the future. through writing, marketing, casting, filming, and release Moderator: Deb Price as Western World. We’ll see how his cast of characters in the Wyoming Territory town of Dogwood Pass came to life on the big screen in 2017. Brian has had a wide variety of experiences that he draws on to spin tales of strong characters in unusual situations in novels, short stories, comic books, screenplays, and more. Moderator: Brian Dobbins

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VICTORY PARKWAY TUESDAY Topics in Wisdom—Exploring The Other Major Military/ CAMPUS 9:30–10:45 AM ($5) Character and Aging through Economic Powers: China, the Movies India, Japan, and Russia MONDAY Global Change on Coral Reefs: 1614 Rick Warm 1915 Doug MacCurdy 9:30–10:45 AM ($5) A Personal 50-Year Perspective 1415 David Meyer The Wonders of the Atom Peace Education Program The Buddha’s Middle Way: 1615 Stephen McClanahan 1916 Llee and James Sivitz A Path to Peace in a Divided Art—What about It! World 1416 Sam Hollingsworth, WEDNESDAY The Artmakers 1012 Richard Blumberg Paul Schaff 12:45–2 PM ($5) 1917 Sam Hollingsworth Public Lands—Sacred Spaces Italian for Beginners Knitting and Crocheting Become the Boss of Your 1013 Bill Menrath 1417 Antonio Iemmola 1701 Sally Santoro iPhone/iPad (starts 9am) 1918 Jill Mitchell Exploring Genetics How to Recognize Propaganda ($10—ends 12:15pm) 1014 Emily Wakefield Cardiovascular Disease— and Brainwashing in Marketing Cholesterol, Type II Diabetes, and Media THURSDAY MONDAY Hypertension, Blood Clotting 1711 Johanna Kremer 11 AM–12:15 PM ($5) 11 AM–12:15 PM ($5) 1418 Charles Glueck Biotechnology and American For the Love of Music Giants of Jazz of the 20th TUESDAY Society 2003 Dick Waller, Charles Century 11 AM–12:15 PM ($5) 1712 John Morrow Parsons, Bob Zierolf 1118 Hirsh Cohen Exploring Opera Studies in Photographic Planning Your Second Wendell Berry: A Poetic Novel 1501 Richard Goetz Creativity Adulthood and Novel Poetry 1713 Larry Pytlinski 2012 Kent Friel 1119 Ellen Frankenberg Poetry Writing Workshop 1503 Cate O’Hara, Judi Cornwall: History, Mystery, Active Imagination in Origami (Paper-Folding) Morress Mansions, Mines, and Mathematics and Science: 1120 Linda Kegg (+ fee) Modernity Some Limits and Discoveries Confrontation-Listening Skills: 1714 Richard Hoskin 2013 Kirtland Hobler Henry David Thoreau and the More JOY in Relationships Modern World 1510 Everett Nissly WEDNESDAY Writing for Children 1121 Charles Seibert (ends 12:30pm) 2:15–3:30 PM ($5) 2014 Connie Trounstine How to Start a Vegetable Great Art, Architecture, Public Everyone Has a Story to Tell Savvy Social Security Planning Garden Spaces, and Museums of the 1808 Amy Purcell for Baby Boomers 1122 Lois Thompson World, Part 2 2015 Michael Durkin 1516 Gene Johnston Redleg Memories MONDAY 1811 Greg Rhodes THURSDAY 2:15–3:30 PM ($5) Auto Insurance Discount— 2:15–3:30 PM ($5) Here’s How! Rebuilding Your Life after Loss Nutrition and Disease 1517 Walt Neary (+ fee) 1812 Carrie Doubts Vipassana Meditation Practice Prevention 2102 Manit Vichitchot You Can Change How You Feel 1309 Peachy Seiden TUESDAY (ends 4:15pm) 1813 Mike Shryock 2:15–3:30 PM ($5) Photography Made Easy, or I How What You See Came to Be, Got a Camera for Christmas, Understanding Vipassana THURSDAY Part 1 Now What? Meditation 9:30–10:45 AM ($5) 2112 Richard Longshore 1313 Peter Nord 1602 Manit Vichitchot White Nights and Other Stories What If? (ends 3:45pm) Songs of Resistance by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 2113 Joan Howison 1314 Robin Roland, Janice Let’s Talk Current Events 1910 Robert Shanklin Barriers and Boundaries: Alvarado 1603 Len Harding, David Learn to Meditate from Racial Divisions in American Kempton Exploring Your Inner Child Christian, Hindu, and Buddhist Literature 1315 Lois Thompson A Congress that Serves the Perspectives 2114 Kathy Richardson People 1914 Kevin Celarek 1613 Bob Viney

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FRIDAY ADATH ISRAEL Living World Religions, Part 2 The FDA Story: Labels, 9:30–10:45 AM ($5) 3422 Dean Moore, Kathy Antifreeze, Antibiotics, and No food/drink allowed. Baker, Bettye Beaumont Orphan Drugs Intermediate Italian 3533 Michael Scheffler 2208 Antonio Iemmola TUESDAY Smarter Age Brain (ends 11:30am) 9:30–10:45 AM ($5) Enhancement The Color of Water 3423 Len Singer 3534 Barbara Solomon Applied Creativity and Easy-Does-It Exercise Innovation 3400 Linda Kegg TUESDAY Travel Seminar 2209 Ralph Brueggemann (ends 10:20am) 11 AM–12:15 PM ($5) 3535 David Yockey FRIDAY Controversial Issues Move into Ease TUESDAY 11 AM–12:15 PM ($5) 3403 Ed Levy 3506 Karen Zaugg 2:15–3:30 PM ($5) (ends 12pm) Voices from the Heart Introductory Spanish, Part 2 Musical Masterpieces of the 2301 Rick Stein 3406 Leo Ennis Exploring Our Sense of Touch Romantic Era 3529 Elisabeth Contadino 3631 Rafael de Acha A Reader Lives a Thousand Financial Workshop: Your Lives Source for Financial Education L’Invitation au Voyage Happy Feet Series 2311 Tom Cislo 3410 Tim Payne 3530 David McDiarmid 3632 Pam Jacobson Women in Cinema Photography Workshop 21st-Century Ideas that Matter Here Come the Judges, Part 2 2312 Sarah Keefe 3418 Bernadette Clemens- 3531 Dean Moore, Gilbert 3633 Gerry Walter Walatka, David Kempton Minson Taiwan: A History of Agonies Intermediate French New York (Books) State of (free, subsidized by SF-Taiwan) Conversation Mind, Part 2 3634 Taitzer and Judy Wang 3421 David McDiarmid 3532 Judy Schechter, ($0) Deb Price

BROWN BAG LUNCHES Mar. 12: Laurel and Hardy Are Feb. 27: Conservation Biology: Feb. 15: The Gifts They VICTORY PARKWAY Coming to Town! A Deep-Time Perspective to Gave: Contributions by African CAMPUS 2536 Gene Sorkin Modern Conservation Issues Americans 2635 Brenda Hunda 2825 Caryl Miller You may bring a lunch. Mar. 19: Five Practical Steps: Know What to Do and Expect Mar. 6: Full Legalization Feb. 22: Live Longer-Live Better MONDAYS When a Death Occurs of Addicting Drugs: A New with the Seven Dimensions of 12:45–2 PM ($0) 2537 Kay Walters Direction on the War on Drugs Senior Wellness 2636 Richard Wendel 2826 Roy Franchi Feb. 5: The ABCs of Creating Mar. 26: US Air Force Museum Conditions for Healing at Wright-Patterson AFB Mar. 13: Common-Sense Gun Mar. 1: Outbreak! Epidemics 2531 Heidi Bright 2538 Don Gray Legislation that Changed the World Feb. 12: William Tecumseh 2637 Michele Mueller 2827 Deb Price TUESDAYS Sherman: The Devil in the Blue Mar. 20: South in Your Mouth Mar. 8: AHA! The Neuroscience Uniform 12:45–2 PM ($0) 2638 Deb Price of Creativity 2532 Deb Price Feb. 6: Master Mindfulness/ 2828 Patricia Faust Meditation without Moving to Mar. 27: Fusion Power: Will Feb. 19: Rocking the Cradle of the Himalayas! a Private Company Succeed Mar. 15: Hidden History of Presidents 2632 Sharon Byrnes Where Governments Have Cincinnati 2533 Mary Ladrick Failed? 2829 Jeff Suess Feb. 13: Good Grief Feb. 26: In Search of the 2639 Jerry Black 2633 Mike Shryock Mar. 22: An Inside Look at the Highest Truth: One Man’s Cincinnati Ballet Journey to India and Back THURSDAYS Feb. 20: See the USA the 12:45–2 PM ($0) 2830 George Wilkinson 2534 Kevin Celarek Italian Way 2634 Gerardo Perrotta Feb. 8: An Afternoon with Paul Mar. 29: Writes: Camera, Mar. 5: The Audacity and Wit Laurence Dunbar Action! of Tom Lehrer 2824 Ralph Moon 2831 Brian Dobbins 2535 Hirsh Cohen

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Bhagavad-Gita: The Most Gardening Forum C. G. Jung Study/Discussion EXTRA TREATS Renowned and Redeemable 3823 Deb Price Group Hindu Book 3928 Sally Moore, Joan Feb. 16: Athenaeum of Ohio 3635 Koti Sreekrishna THURSDAY Murray, Tom Flautt Tour and Lunch with the 11 AM–12:15 PM ($5) Seminarians Guided Autobiography THURSDAY 8565 10:30 am–1 pm ($15) 9:30–10:45 AM ($5) A Twist on How Plays Can Help 3929 Melissa Schwartz in Understanding Families Feb. 26: Tour Adath Israel Tai Chi+ 3903 Debbie Zook, Julie Metz THURSDAY Synagogue 3802 Larry Murray 2:15–3:30 PM ($5) Beginning Knitting 8566 10–11:30 am ($0) Understanding Yourself and 3920 Barb Solomon (+ fee) Getting to Know Your iPad Feb. 27: All-American Law Others with the Enneagram, 4023 Brenda Gatti Amazing Ways that Everyday Enforcement in Greater Part 2 Products Are Designed Sing Karaoke Cincinnati Tour 3819 Tom Flautt 3924 Howie Baum 4024 Glenn King, Bill Meyer, 8567 11 am–12:30 pm ($5) Hooray for Hollywood Joyce Andrews Old-Time Music and the Mar. 2: Let’s Check Out the Musicals, Part 12 Country Cousins: The Golden Wealth Preservation Library 3820 Doug Iden Age of Radio, 1920s–1950s 4025 Edward Apfel 8568 10:30 am–12 pm ($0) Researching Your Family 3925 Chuck Black Cuba Inside Out Mar. 9: Irish Heritage Center History Financial Planning and 4026 Rafael de Acha Tour and Tea 3821 Kathy Womer Investment Workshop 8569 1–4 pm ($15) Paper Bead Jewelry-Making 3926 Bob Carroll Mar. 23: Taste Ohio Wines at Workshop The Golden Age of Broadway, Meier’s Wine Cellars 3822 Grace Severyn Part 5 8570 2–4 pm ($0 + fee) 3927 Doug Iden

OLLI SAMPLERS Mar. 6: Six Strategies to Pay for Feb. 22: Yellowstone National ADATH ISRAEL Extended Care: Which Is Your Park: The World’s First National No food/drink allowed. Plan? Park 4334 Karen Rosenthal 4424 Bill Deitzer TUESDAYS Mar. 13: The Aging Brain, Mar. 1: The Top Five Secrets to 12:45–2 PM ($0) Alzheimer’s, and How to Aging Well Feb. 6: Indonesia, The Minimize the Aging Process 4425 Ryan O’Leary 4335 Kenneth Manges Maldives, and Coco’s Island: Mar. 8: Gerrymander in Ohio Below and above the Sea Mar. 20: Creating One Greater 4426 Joan Gilmore 4330 Mary Anne Pedoto Community: Welcoming New Mar. 15: Destination Unknown: Cincinnatian Refugees Feb. 13: Solving Hunger: Adventures of a WWII American 4336 Robyn Lamont A Workforce Development Red Cross Girl Solution by Freestore Foodbank Mar. 27: Nuclear Electricity, 4427 Kathleen Cox 4331 Kurt Reiber Nuclear Batteries, and Nuclear Mar. 22: US Air Force Museum Homicide Feb. 20: Nikola Tesla’s Work at Wright-Patterson AFB in Wireless: Communication, 4337 Carl Bishop 4428 Don Gray Power, and Remote Control THURSDAYS 4332 Bill Fox Mar. 29: Spousal Preparedness 12:45–2 PM ($0) for Financial and Estate Feb. 27: The Artworks of Jim Feb. 8: Light and Color Planning Slouffman: An Inner Journey 4422 Henry Fenichel 4429 Mel Marmer 4333 Jim Slouffman Feb. 15: North to Alaska: Glaciers, Gorges, and Gorgeous 4423 David Feldstein

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SPRING GROVE OTHER LOCATIONS CEMETERY MONDAY TUESDAY Chesterwood Village 9:30–11:30 AM ($0) 1–4 pm ($5) Mar. 12: Pruning Seminar for Bond with James’ Films the Homeowner 8004 Doug Iden 7104 Brian Heinz, Dave TUESDAY Gressley Cincinnati Bridge Assn. 2:50–4:30 pm ($5) Bridge 102: For Those Who Know Some of the Basics WEDNESDAY WOWS! FAB FRIDAYS! 8110 Larry Newman, John OLLI volunteers help out in VICTORY PKWY CAMPUS OHIO LIVING LLANFAIR Meinking, Elaine Jarchow, the office. Thank you! 9:30 AM–12 PM ($0) 9:30 AM–12 PM ($0) Jane Duncan Feb. 7: Ask the Pharmacist: Feb. 9: Avert a Crisis! Be a WEDNESDAY Dietary Supplements and Super Hero! Make a Plan! Connection at Twin Lakes Prescription Medications 6078 Rebecca Pace 10–11 am ($0 + fee) 5104 Cathy Rosenbaum Float, Flex, and Be Fit Feb. 16: SMART Self-Defense 8218 Tracy Stegall Feb. 14: Healing the Wounds Class of War 6079 Michelle Berling, Tri County Golf Ranch 5105 Nonie Muller James Berling 10–11:15 am ($5) Get Golf Ready Feb. 21: Incarceration and Feb. 23: Northside: A Sassy 8220 Melissa Yeazell, Larry After: A Japanese-American Family Neighborhood King Story 6080 Tim Jeckering 5106 Kayzuya Sato Maple Knoll Village Mar. 2: Discovering the Secrets 1–3 pm ($5) Feb. 28: Morgan’s Great Raid: of the Fernald Preserve Art and Hobby Workshop Taking the Civil War to the 6081 Penny Borgman 8221 Glenn King North Mar. 9: All that Jazz: An 5107 David Mowery Chesterwood Village Overview of American Jazz 2:30–3:45 pm ($5) Mar. 7: “I Didn’t See It Music from the Piano Cooking Made Easy that Way”: Racial Identity 6082 Phil DeGreg 8222 Eddie Rickett Development and Our Mar. 16: Meet John Erardi: Worldview Newspaper and Book THURSDAY 5108 Shawn Jeffers, David Sports Writer Cincinnati Bridge Assn. Weaver 6083 John Erardi 2:50–4:30 pm ($5) Mar. 14: Here Come the Bridge 101: Intro to Bridge Mar. 23: Can “Soupe” Save Sharks! A Visit from WAVE 8306 Larry Newman, Jane the City? Foundation at Newport Duncan, Elaine Jarchow Aquarium 6084 Merret Collister 5109 Dan Dunlap FRIDAY Joseph-Beth Booksellers Mar. 21: Tragedy Tomorrow, 10:30 am–12 pm ($5) Comedy Tonight: The Stephen Abortion and Fiction Sondheim Story 8417 John Bossert 5110 Doug Iden Mar. 28: Way Down Yonder in New Orleans 5111 Hirsh Cohen

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3400 Easy-Does-It Exercise toward their unique, long-term goals. Whether you need to save for a child’s education, reduce taxes, or plan for Tuesdays, Feb. 6–Mar. 27, 9:30–10:20 am (ADI) $5 retirement, he can help. CLASS LIMIT: 30 Exercise smart (not hard) in this 50-minute-long class, with UPDATED 3418 Photography Workshop a wide variety of moving, stretching, and toning (sitting in Tuesdays, Feb. 6–Mar. 20, 9:30–10:45 am (ADI) $5 a chair or standing) for improved range-of-motion, muscle tone, posture, balance, good breathing—and fun! No floor CLASS LIMIT: 12 exercise. No “routines” to learn. Music makes the time fly. In this workshop, the moderators serve as facilitators and Moderator: Linda Kegg taught yoga and her own Move coaches. Participants will share their work, and all will to Music classes for over 30 years (at YMCA, Blue Ash participate in gentle discussion. Each week, we will have a Recreation Center, etc.). challenge assignment of six photos to share. The workshop is designed for participants who have previously completed a photography course, have a basic working knowledge UPDATED 3403 Controversial Issues of their camera, and want to engage at the next level. For Tuesdays, Feb. 6–Mar. 27, 9:30–10:45 am (ADI) $5 beginners, other OLLI photography classes are available. Discussion of current events or topics with arguable issues. Co-Moderators: Bernadette Clemens-Walatka and David Kempton are friends and serious amateur photographers. Moderator: Ed Levy, former manufacturer, professor, and member of UC College of Medicine Institutional Review Board. NEW 3421 Intermediate French Conversation Tuesdays, Feb. 6–Mar. 27, 9:30–10:45 am (ADI) $5 NEW 3406 Introductory Spanish, Part 2 CLASS LIMIT: 20 Tuesdays, Feb. 6–Mar. 27, 9:30–10:45 am (ADI) $5 Brush up on your speaking and listening comprehension in CLASS LIMIT: 20 French in a relaxed but structured setting. We will discuss topics of interest to all participants with a focus on increased A continuation of Introductory Spanish taught in the fall fluency. The goal of this course is for you to improve your session. Instruction will continue to be in English. The course communication skills and have fun doing it. Content will be will develop an additional 100 words and 30 phrases. We weighted toward informal conversation with brief moments will introduce past and future tenses, comparisons, more discussing grammar and occasional moments of animated irregular verbs, more pronouns, and more practice. conversation drills. (Once a French teacher, always a French Moderator: Leo Ennis is a native speaker who grew up in teacher!) Be prepared to be exposed to some French poetry. Mexico. She began this course last year and has also been Moderator: David McDiarmid is a retired high school French teaching Spanish to former OLLI students. teacher with a strong interest in French literature. He has an MA in French studies from Middlebury College and has 3410 Financial Workshop: Your Source for Financial studied and lived in France. Education Tuesdays, Feb. 6–27, 9:30–10:45 am (ADI) $5 CLASS LIMIT: 25 We believe financial education is an important step in helping you achieve a better future. That is why our Financial Workshop: Your Source for Financial Education offers clear and practical investing education in a convenient and comfortable format. By attending our workshop, you’ll gain a better understanding of the key principles of saving and investing and also learn specific strategies to help reach your long-term goals. Moderator: Timothy J. Payne is a financial advisor with Edward Jones. His primary goal is to help individual investors The Victory Parkway Café is a popular spot. and business owners develop an investment strategy geared Photo: Kathy Womer

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comfortable, loose clothing and bring a mat or towel on NEW 3422 Living World Religions, Part 2 which to lie. Expect to feel rejuvenated! Tuesdays, Feb. 6–Mar. 27, 9:30–10:45 am (ADI) $5 Moderator: Karen Zaugg brings a lifetime of dance training, CLASS LIMIT: 27 yoga, and a variety of bodywork experiences to welcome you to exercise and a sense of wellbeing. Does your philosophy cause you to wonder about different spiritual beliefs? Join us for the last of two courses on living religions. Weekly, we’ll explore some history, beliefs, leaders, NEW 3529 Exploring Our Sense of Touch practices, and symbols of Eastern religions—Hinduism, Tuesdays, Feb. 6–Mar. 27, 11 am–12:15 pm (ADI) $5 Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Daoism, Confucianism, and contemporary movements—that give spiritual guidance CLASS LIMIT: 10 to many. We’ll strive to be objective in guiding our study. We seldom indulge in our sense of touch as we do with other Interested? Please secure a copy of Mary Pat Fisher’s college senses such as hearing when we listen to music or sounds text Living Religions, 7th ed., Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2008. of nature or taste and smell when we eat chocolate. Touch Read chapter 3 on Hinduism for the first class. is important. Touch happens at the boundary between our Co-Moderators: Dean Moore—precollege and college self and everything else in the physical world. Boundaries educator, three degrees, OU and UC; Kathy Baker— help us discover the simplicities and complexities of our precollege history and Chinese cooking teacher, BA and BS, relationships with our self, others, and our environment. UC; Bettye Beaumont—BA, classics, Univ. of TN, MBA, Univ. Through a series of experiential exercises including of NC. respectful contact with others and discussions, we will explore various aspects of touch. NEW 3423 Smarter Age Brain Enhancement Moderator: Elisabeth Contadino is a Trager practitioner and licensed massage therapist with particular interest Tuesdays, Feb. 6–Mar. 27, 9:30–10:45 am (ADI) $5 in geriatric, oncology, and hospice care. Her background CLASS LIMIT: 50 includes a long social work career, teaching tai chi, and various forms of energy work. As we age, many of us are concerned about deterioration in memory, judgment, and cognitive abilities. There are a number of lifestyle changes you can make now that will NEW 3530 L’Invitation au Voyage optimize your odds of retaining and even enhancing your Tuesdays, Feb. 6–Mar. 27, 11 am–12:15 pm (ADI) $5 brain functioning. These range from high-intensity cardio exercise to low-carb nutrition; from silent meditation to CLASS LIMIT: 12 tough creative brain challenges; from avoiding rip-off This course consists of a review of the great poems written internet solutions and certain over-the-counter medications in French from François Villon to Guillaume Apollinaire. The to aggressively treating hearing loss. All these and more will course is in French and is aimed at those whose linguistic be analytically reviewed for their abilities to help keep your skills are native, fluent, or advanced intermediate. If you brain functioning optimally. have taught French, if you are French or learned French as Moderator: Len Singer, MD, is a surgeon, disaster educator, a first language, if you have some favorite French poems and neuroscience enthusiast. After practicing in Cincinnati resonating in your head, or if you would enjoy refreshing for 20 years, he taught a number of graduate level disaster your love of French poems and sharing it with others, this management/leadership courses at Boston Univ. as well as class is for you. for several federal agencies. In recent years, he has devoted Moderator: David McDiarmid is a retired high school French efforts to analyzing advances in neuroscience as they pertain teacher with an MA from Middlebury College. He has lived to brain enhancement in healthy aging individuals. and studied in France (Université de Dijon). He has a lifelong love of French and French poetry that he would like to share 3506 Move into Ease with interested OLLI students. Tuesdays, Feb. 6–Mar. 27, 11 am–12 pm (ADI) $5 CLASS LIMIT: 30 A touch of yoga, some energizing movement, a time for relaxation, soulful stretching, and pumping life into each cell. This one-hour class oils your joints and breathes ease into your bones, like giving yourself a massage. Wear

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he has learned both sides of drug development, both the NEW 3531 21st-Century Ideas that Matter regulatory aspects and those of developing new drugs. He is Tuesdays, Feb. 6–Mar. 27, 11 am–12:15 pm (ADI) $5 expecting to learn more from our discussions. CLASS LIMIT: 27 3534 The Color of Water Interested in 21st century ideas that matter? In this course, we’ll mind-wrestle many ideas put forth by a philosopher Tuesdays, Mar. 6–27, 11 am–12:15 pm (ADI) $5 with his opinions. Come to understand, agree, disagree, or Enjoy this riveting memoir by James McBride that begins modify the varied ideas. Plan to read about 20 short ideas in 1942 when an Orthodox Jewish woman marries an and take a position on one to three of them. Moderators African American man. Learn about the family’s struggle will informally debate the first and last ideas each week. for acceptance as they attempt to find a place to belong Coming? Please read pp. 1–51 of A .C. Grayling’s Ideas that amongst the two communities. Marvel at the successes of Matter: Concepts that Shape the 21st Century, Basic Books, her 12 children. Integrated in the class discussion will be 2010. a review of the civil rights movement during relevant time Co-Moderators: Dean Moore—precollege and college periods. Please read chapters 1–5 before the first class. educator, three degrees, OU and UC; Gilbert Minson—BS Moderator: Barbara Solomon has been a lifelong teacher and and DDS, OSU. lover of history. Because she taught in a Columbus inner-city school during the 1970s, she has some firsthand knowledge NEW 3532 New York (Books) State of Mind, Part 2 of the struggle to integrate our schools. Tuesdays, Feb. 6–Mar. 27, 11 am–12:15 pm (ADI) $5 UPDATED 3535 Travel Seminar CLASS LIMIT: 15 Tuesdays, Feb. 6–Mar. 27, 11 am–12:15 pm (ADI) $5 Missed getting into a New York state of mind in books last term or just want more? Interested in books in which NYC or This course will focus on travel tips, how to find the best a particular borough is a central part: an idea, an identity, or prices, and information on “hot” destinations. Learn about even a character? Join us for a completely new reading list, car rentals, travel insurance, European rail travel, etc. taken at a slower pace of about one book every two weeks. Moderator: David Yockey, AB, MEd, MA, DS, retired as a To begin, read Truman Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s. If you department head at Milford HS and has worked as an find yourself in the city that never sleeps, pick up Michael independent travel consultant with Provident Travel for the Chabon’s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay . past 27 years. He has traveled extensively. Co-Moderators: Judy Schechter, a former English and gifted teacher, was born in Brooklyn and proves the saying, “You NEW 3631 Musical Masterpieces of the can take the girl out of Brooklyn, but you can’t take Brooklyn Romantic Era out of the girl.” Deb Price has taught Southern Women Tuesdays, Feb. 6–Mar. 27, 2:15–3:30 pm (ADI) $5 Writers, Banned Books, Hemingway, and numerous Brown Bags and WOWs. Her interests are varied and quirky. CLASS LIMIT: 30 This winter, we’ll experience together the music of the great UPDATED 3533 The FDA Story: Labels, Antifreeze, Romantic composers, from Mendelssohn, Schumann, and Antibiotics, and Orphan Drugs Brahms in Germany to Russia’s Tchaikovsky and the Mighty Tuesdays, Feb. 6–Mar. 27, 11 am–12:15 pm (ADI) $5 Five, to the rise of nationalism in the music of Norway, France, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Spain, Poland, and the US. We’ll discuss the development of the US Food and Drug Administration, beginning as a section of the Department Moderator Rafael de Acha has enjoyed a lifetime in the of Agriculture and growing from one crisis to another. It performing arts and now as a freelance music critic became a world-respected system for reviewing the study and blogger. and approval of new drugs. The system is often copied worldwide and in the US is successful in preventing most harmful drugs without interfering with the physician-patient relationship. Moderator: Michael Scheffler, PhD, RPh, began his career in the FDA and completed it in the drug industry, contributing to the development of several new drugs. Along the way,

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NEW 3632 Happy Feet Series UPDATED 3635 Bhagavad-Gita: The Most Renowned Tuesdays, Feb. 6–Mar. 27, 2:15–3:30 pm (ADI) $5 and Redeemable Hindu Book Tuesdays, Feb. 6–Mar. 27, 2:15–3:30 pm (ADI) $5 We will focus on restoring and maintaining natural, healthy foot function using exercises and practices to stretch, CLASS LIMIT: 25 strengthen, and mobilize our feet. Each week we’ll cover new Bhagavad-Gita is the sermon of Lord Krishna as charioteer material. Please bring a yoga mat or bath towel. Removing to warrior Arjuna at the Mahabharata war, fought in 3136 footwear in class is encouraged. BCE in ancient India. Krishna’s advice to Arjuna is a timeless Moderator: Pam Jacobson has an enthusiastic lifelong classic anyone can benefit from. It is also a window to passion for health, wellness, and movement. For 30+ India’s spiritual heritage. Krishna is the Hindu equivalent of years, she has practiced and taught a variety of movement Jehovah, David, Solomon, Zarathustra, Jesus, Muhammad, or modalities including yoga, tai chi, dance, fitness, and Martin Luther. This is the first Hindu book to reach America weight training. She has a special interest in the feet as our as found in the words of Emerson and Thoreau. We’ll foundation as they relate to total body health. experience new insights and various translations. Moderator: Koti Sreekrishna, PhD (biochemistry), NEW 3633 Here Come the Judges, Part 2 Distinguished Toastmaster, is a senior scientist at P&G. Tuesdays, Feb. 6–Mar. 27, 2:15–3:30 pm (ADI) $5 His interests include philosophy, interreligious dialogue, public speaking, and studying Hindu scriptures. He serves The Book of Judges is among the most exciting books in the as religious counselor of the local Hindu Society. He has co- Bible, filled with fascinating stories about heroes and villains. authored four versions (New, Easy, Complete, and Songs in Judges is often cinematic in style, depicting both inspirational Pictures) of Bhagavad-Gita, his favorite book, which he had and horrifying events. We will be involved in a deep study memorized by age nine. of the second half of the Book of Judges, utilizing traditional commentaries as well as historical and religious background. This course covers new self-contained material—completing 3802 Tai Chi+ Part 1 is NOT required for enrollment. Thursdays, Feb. 8–Mar. 15, 9:30–10:45 am (ADI) $5 Moderator: Gerry Walter is rabbi emeritus of Temple Sholom CLASS LIMIT: 24 and also the recently retired director of pastoral care at We will expand our qigong repertoire and learn some basic Cedar Village. He has taught Jewish and religious studies and tai chi partner sticking-hands patterns. Our short form will be Bible at HUC-JIR, NKU, Virginia Tech, and Roanoke College. supplemented with optional, moderately difficult elements, meditation, and focus on internal organs and energy flow to UPDATED 3634 Taiwan: A History of Agonies (free, increase self-awareness and relaxation while heightening the subsidized by SF-Taiwan) body’s immune response. For this shorter six-week course, Tuesdays, Feb. 6–Mar. 27, 2:15–3:30 pm (ADI) $0 we will include a simple, easily learned Sun style form. Taiwan is a Pacific island nation of Austronesian origin. 500 Moderator: Larry Murray is an instructor of tai chi and qigong years of history marks jurisdiction by Netherlands, Spain, with Tai Chi Healthways and a senior instructor for Master “Chinese” emperors, Japan, and the Republic of China (ROC). Wang, I-Chih, PhD. Following Japan’s surrender ending WWII (1945) and the rise of Communism during the Chinese Civil War (1949), the ROC NEW 3819 Understanding Yourself and Others fled mainland China for Taiwan. Thirty-eight years’ domestic with the Enneagram, Part 2 resentment of the martial law and white terror imposed Thursdays, Feb. 8–Mar. 29, 9:30–10:45 am (ADI) $5 by Chiang Kai-Shek’s Nationalists Party and, especially, the influences of world politics throughout the history of Taiwan This course is designed to be a follow-up to the introductory will be discussed in this revised course. course given in the fall. It should be useful to people who know their Enneagram type. We will examine in greater Co-Moderators: Taitzer and Judy Wang were born in Taiwan detail Enneagram instinctual subtypes, defense mechanisms, and are long-time US citizens and followers of their native growth paths, and relationships. land. Together they translated Bruce Herschensohn’s monumental work Taiwan: The Threatened Democracy (2006). Moderator: Tom Flautt developed an interest in what makes Taitzer, PhD in chemistry, was on the faculty of UC College of people tick at P&G. He is certified as an Enneagram teacher Medicine for 14 years. Judy has an MS in microbiology. by major Enneagram schools. He also teaches an OLLI course on the psychology of Carl Jung.

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NEW 3820 Hooray for Hollywood Musicals, Part 12 NEW 3823 Gardening Forum Thursdays, Feb. 8–Mar. 29, 9:30–10:45 am (ADI) $5 Thursdays, Feb. 8–Mar. 29, 9:30–10:45 am (ADI) $5 We will continue our journey through Hollywood musicals Do you like digging in the dirt? This class is designed for both and film scores of the mid-1960s with films including Flower novice and seasoned gardeners. Each week we’ll look at Drum Song, Mary Poppins, and several Henry Mancini scores. another aspect of fun in the dirt, from container gardening Using film clips and music, we’ll explore the significance of to inviting pollinators to visit you. We’ll share information, the scores and various composers and lyricists. No need to hints, and experiences. have taken previous classes to enjoy this one. Moderator: Deb Price, a master gardener for ten years, still Moderator: Doug Iden is a big fan of movies and theatrical takes classes on anything but turf management. musicals with an extensive collection of films and original Broadway scores. He has taught classes on Broadway and UPDATED 3903 A Twist on How Plays Can Help in film at OLLI for several years. Understanding Families Thursdays, Feb. 8–Mar. 15, 11 am–12:15 pm (ADI) $5 UPDATED 3821 Researching Your Family History The twist is that we are all moderators because of our Thursdays, Feb. 8–Mar. 29, 9:30–10:45 am (ADI) $5 passion for plays and studying issues pertaining to families. CLASS LIMIT: 30 We will read three plays: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner by Learn the basics of finding your ancestors, where they lived Todd Kreidler (2/8, 2/15), Awake and Sing by Clifford Odets and died, whom they married and the children they had, (2/22, 3/1), and Sweat by Lynn Nottage (3/8, 3/15). Discussion whether they fought in wars, etc. We will discuss how to get themes will include parenting, siblings, gender roles, love/ started and how to document and organize your findings. hate, trust, and generational issues. We are a lively and We will look at resources: census and other government interactive class. Please read each play by its scheduled records, newspapers, wills, land records, and more. You dates to enrich discussion and participation. will learn how to access websites and discover the thrill Co-Moderators: Debbie Zook was a teacher for 25+ years of seeing your ancestor’s name on old records. This class and now enjoys time with her grandchildren, gardening, is for beginning genealogists as well as those with some traveling, and reading and going to plays. Julie Metz was in experience. the pharmaceutical business for 20+ years. She has been Moderator: Kathy Womer is a member of the Hamilton an active volunteer at various arts organizations as well as County Genealogical Society and has taught genealogy ushering in the Cincinnati area. courses at OLLI for several years. 3920 Beginning Knitting 3822 Paper Bead Jewelry-Making Workshop Thursdays, Mar. 8–29, 11 am–12:15 pm (ADI) Thursdays, Feb. 8–Mar. 29, 9:30–10:45 am (ADI) $5 $5 + materials fee CLASS LIMIT: 13 CLASS LIMIT: 10 Learn to make paper beads using a simple tool: a bead You will learn casting on, garter stitch, stockinette stitch, roller. After making a collection of paper beads, you’ll learn rib stitch, seed stitch, moss stitch, and binding off. At the the fundamentals of jewelry making, so that you can design conclusion of the course, you should have a scarf made of your own jewelry. Basic materials will be provided to enable sample stitches. Purchase size 8 knitting needles and one you to complete earrings, a bracelet, and a necklace during skein of worsted weight yarn and bring them to the first the course. You are welcome to bring additional materials class. Moderator will collect $10 to cover the cost of your you might like to incorporate into your jewelry. No prior manual, which you will receive on the first day of class. artistic experience is required. Moderator: Barbara Solomon is a lifelong crafter who loves to Moderator: Grace Severyn is a member of the Kennedy knit. Her grandmother taught her to knit when she was ten. Heights Arts Center Collective and sells paper bead jewelry in its gift shop. She has taught paper bead making to teens at the public library and has volunteered to lead biweekly paper bead jewelry workshops at a nursing home.

at the University of Cincinnati OLLI COURSE CATALOG | Winter 2018 29 to revisit your plan and make sure it reflects your needs. NEW 3924 Amazing Ways that Everyday Products We will cover a variety of topics including your investment Are Designed strategy, retirement planning, estate planning, and how Thursdays, Feb. 8–Mar. 29, 11 am–12:15 pm (ADI) $5 to be a smart/informed financial consumer. Roll up your sleeves and get ready to go to work! We use many products every day without considering their development. What are the current and future ways that are Moderator: Bob Carroll is the managing director of the used to design, test, and make them? Let’s take a look at the Cincinnati office for Carnegie Investment Counsel. A long- materials used in everyday products, developing efficient time OLLI moderator, Bob has both the CPA and CFP® and safe ways to use products, visual and aesthetic design licenses. aspects that make products special and give us pleasure to use them, knowledge of the parts of the human body— NEW 3927 The Golden Age of Broadway, Part 5 hands, feet, our five senses—that interact with products, and new technologies such as 3D printing. Thursdays, Feb. 8–Mar. 29, 11 am–12:15 pm (ADI) $5 Moderator: Howie Baum obtained a BS in industrial design in We’ll continue our journey through the Golden Age of 1971 and AS in mechanical engineering in 1961. He worked Broadway during the mid-1950s with shows including My as a mechanical and industrial engineer at companies in Fair Lady, Candide, and Most Happy Fella. We’ll use film clips Cincinnati and Dayton doing product and process design and music to highlight these shows and their composers and and taught for 36 years at four universities and colleges: lyricists. You do not need to have attended previous classes occupational ergonomics, materials, manufacturing, design to enjoy this one. research, user-centered design, computer software, and Moderator: Doug Iden is a big fan of movies and theatrical mathematics. musicals with an extensive collection of films and original Broadway scores. He has taught classes on Broadway and NEW 3925 Old-Time Music and the Country film at OLLI for several years. Cousins: The Golden Age of Radio, 1920s–1950s Thursdays, Feb. 8–Mar. 29, 11 am–12:15 pm (ADI) $5 UPDATED 3928 C . G . Jung Study/Discussion Group This course will look at the early history of country music, Thursdays, Feb. 8–Mar. 29, 11 am–12:15 pm (ADI) $5 which started with the first commercial radio station in Carl Jung developed a vast work concerning self-knowledge, 1920 and the explosion of recorded music in the 1920s. The personal development, art, culture, and spirituality. We’ll tree grew and branched out into related forms of music start by reviewing basic concepts of Jungian philosophy. including folk, mountain music, western swing, bluegrass, Then you will have the opportunity to learn in greater depth cowboy music, honkytonk, and others. It was all one big, the aspect of Jung’s teaching that has special interest for you happy family until TV came along and changed things as by researching and presenting a topic for class discussion. our main culture and entertainment source. We’ll study the The moderators will suggest resources to help your journey music, the styles, the record labels, and the personalities of of discovery. old-time music. Co-Moderators: Sally Moore, coordinator of Greater Cincinnati Moderator: Chuck Black is in his eighth year of hosting The Friends of Jung and retired director of Research Services, Old-Time Music Radio Show Featuring the County Cousins Convergys, Inc.; Joan Murray, occupational therapist and every Wednesday morning from 8 am to noon on 88.7 chemical dependency counselor; Tom Flautt, PhD, retired WOBO-FM. He is a music historian and board member and P&G executive, involved in organizational development, past president of the Queen City Balladeers, a folk/roots/ executive coaching, and personality research. Americana music organization founded at UC in 1963. 3929 Guided Autobiography UPDATED 3926 Financial Planning and Investment Thursdays, Feb. 8–Mar. 29, 11 am–12:15 pm (ADI) $5 Workshop CLASS LIMIT: 15 Thursdays, Feb. 8–Mar. 29, 11 am–12:15 pm (ADI) $5 Write the stories of your life two pages at a time. I will guide CLASS LIMIT: 25 you with priming questions that will unlock stories filed away Join us for a hands-on interactive workshop that will delve in your memory but not forgotten. into the various aspects of a well-thought-out financial Moderator: Melissa Kotler Schwartz is a certified guided plan. In today’s environment, it is more important than ever autobiography instructor from the James E. Birren School of

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Autobiography. She’s also a blogger and teacher. Find her UPDATED 4026 Cuba Inside Out blog at strangersihaveknown.com. Thursdays, Feb. 8–Mar. 29, 2:15–3:30 pm (ADI) $5 UPDATED 4023 Getting to Know Your iPad CLASS LIMIT: 30 Thursdays, Feb. 8–Mar. 29, 2:15–3:30 pm (ADI) $5 Rafael will share his experiences growing up in Cuba during CLASS LIMIT: 12 the 1940s and 1950s and leaving his birthplace two years after Castro’s arrival. He will also share insights into Cuban This course is designed for the beginning iPad user. You history, politics, and culture. will learn how to manage your device using settings, how to take and edit photos and screen shots, how to download Moderator: Rafael de Acha, now in his seventh year apps, how to access a variety of reading materials, and many moderating classes for OLLI, shares his firsthand knowledge other tricks of the Pad, including apps that make life so much of his home country for this course. more fun and interesting. Bring your device fully charged! BECAUSE OF LIMITED SPACE, YOU MAY NOT ENROLL IN NEW 4330 Indonesia, The Maldives, and Coco’s MORE THAN ONE IPHONE/IPAD COURSE. Island: Below and above the Sea Moderator: Brenda Gatti is a former elementary school Tuesday, Feb. 6, 12:45–2 pm (ADI) $0 teacher and devoted OLLI volunteer. She is enthused about Underwater filmmaker Mary Anne Pedoto will show Three sharing with you a device she originally thought maybe had Directions, a film from her travels to Indonesia, The Maldives, only one or two uses. Now she can’t imagine living through a and Coco’s Islands, followed by a discussion of the area and day without it. its marine life.

4024 Sing Karaoke Moderator: Mary Anne Pedoto Thursdays, Feb. 8–Mar. 29, 2:15–3:30 pm (ADI) $5 NEW 4331 Solving Hunger: A Workforce CLASS LIMIT: 12 Development Solution by Freestore Foodbank You love to sing but have never tried karaoke? You want Tuesday, Feb. 13, 12:45–2 pm (ADI) $0 to learn or are a real pro? Come join Glenn and Bill for a We will review a new workforce development initiative musical afternoon of fun. We have a large list of songs in the area of Logistics, Inventory Management, Facilities to choose from, and who wouldn’t enjoy singing with the Management, and Transportation (LIFT) that has been accompaniment of a big band? We will encourage you to launched by the Freestore Foodbank. With the Tristate share your voice, but if you would rather listen, we can area quickly becoming a hotbed of activity in the growing always use an audience. area of logistics, you will learn how the Freestore is working Co Moderators: Glenn King and Bill Meyer have been singing to stabilize families through our LIFT the Tristate training with The Martinaires for several years and enjoy taking program. karaoke musical entertainment to retirement communities, Moderator: Kurt Reiber organizations, and school reunions on a volunteer service- project basis. Helper Joyce Andrews is our wonderful music organizer. NEW 4332 Nikola Tesla’s Work in Wireless: Communication, Power, and Remote Control UPDATED 4025 Wealth Preservation Tuesday, Feb. 20, 12:45–2 pm (ADI) $0 Thursdays, Feb. 8–Mar. 29, 2:15–3:30 pm (ADI) $5 Nikola Tesla was a pioneer in the field of wireless technology. In today’s uncertain times, how do we protect our savings We will start with his entry into this field in 1893 and follow and investments? This course will focus on preserving and his dream of a “World System” of communication, which also protecting our assets. We will discuss how to make money in included wireless transmission of electrical energy, remote a challenging economic environment. We will learn how to control of devices (or, as he called it, “teleautomation”), and distinguish between “good” and “bad” investments and also even interplanetary communication! cover estate and retirement account protection strategies. Moderator: Bill Fox Moderator: Edward L. Apfel is a first vice president and financial planning specialist at Morgan Stanley with 19 years of experience. He received his bachelor’s degree from UC.

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4336 Creating One Greater Community: Welcoming NEW 4333 The Artworks of Jim Slouffman: An New Cincinnatian Refugees Inner Journey Tuesday, Mar. 20, 12:45–2 pm (ADI) $0 Tuesday, Feb. 27, 12:45–2 pm (ADI) $0 Learn about Greater Cincinnati’s long history as a refugee Artist Jim Slouffman will share slides of his personal artwork resettlement community and explore the local innovative from his early college days up to the present time. He’ll approaches to welcoming refugees. By definition, refugees discuss how his artwork developed and changed as his life are forcibly uprooted from their homes due to war, violence, did the same. This is the story of his inner journey toward or persecution. Refugees may not be accustomed to self-understanding and wholeness. American culture, customs, language, or transportation Moderator: Jim Slouffman and need support as they learn how to navigate this new culture while transitioning from frightening circumstances NEW 4334 Six Strategies to Pay for Extended Care: to become self-sustaining citizens in their newly adopted Which Is Your Plan? country. Explore the collaboration of a hundred partner organizations in the region to welcome refugees. Tuesday, Mar. 6, 12:45–2 pm (ADI) $0 Moderator: Robyn Lamont Are you a planning procrastinator? Do you think you can self- pay extended care costs? Think you’ll never need care? You NEW may be surprised by the result of inaction. This talk includes 4337 Nuclear Electricity, Nuclear Batteries, a primer on extended care, expected future care costs, and and Nuclear Homicide six planning strategies that can protect your family and Tuesday, Mar. 27, 12:45–2 pm (ADI) $0 finances. You’ll hear why having a plan is essential to your Find out about the applications of five isotopes, the scientists overall financial health. involved, and four related anecdotes. Moderator: Karen Rosenthal Moderator: Carl Bishop

4335 The Aging Brain, Alzheimer’s, and How to 4422 Light and Color Minimize the Aging Process Thursday, Feb. 8, 12:45–2 pm (ADI) $0 Tuesday, Mar. 13, 12:45–2 pm (ADI) $0 Have you wondered why the sky is blue and the sunset Forgetfulness can be a normal part of the aging process, but red? How are rainbows formed? How do the primary color some of us have more difficulty than others. Can you stop mixtures produce the spectrum of colors on the TV or the aging process? Can you do things now that will help you the theater screen? The wave nature of light will be used later? Get answers to these questions and more about the to explain these and other physical phenomena such as aging brain from Dr. Manges, a forensic psychologist who photography and holography. The presentation will include frequently testifies about the impact of injury and aging. He light and color demonstrations. will share practical ways for you to maximize your abilities. Moderator: Henry Fenichel Moderator: Kenneth Manges NEW 4423 North to Alaska: Glaciers, Gorges, and Gorgeous Thursday, Feb. 15, 12:45–2 pm (ADI) $0 David Feldstein will share 200 photos from an August 2017 trip to Alaska and British Columbia. Subjects include landscapes, animals, native tribes, totems, sculpture, and history. Moderator: David Feldstein

The Cookie Table is back thanks to volunteers Janet Banks, Shannon Womer, and Kathy Womer— and all the bakers!

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items and powerful sensory exhibits that bring history to life NEW 4424 Yellowstone National Park: The World’s and connect the Wright brothers’ legacy with today’s stealth First National Park and precision technology. Thursday, Feb. 22, 12:45–2 pm (ADI) $0 Moderator: Don Gray It’s one of our largest National Parks and one of the most visited. Hear the fascinating history and the diversity of 4429 Spousal Preparedness for Financial and Estate attractions in the five regions of Yellowstone National Park. Planning Moderator: Bill Deitzer Thursday, Mar. 29, 12:45–2 pm (ADI) $0 Spouses (generally over age 50) at all levels of wealth NEW 4425 The Top Five Secrets to Aging Well and education need to be informed as to the personal Thursday, Mar. 1, 12:45–2 pm (ADI) $0 implications of the couple’s financial and estate planning arrangements resulting from the death of the first spouse. Getting old has a bad reputation and can cause a lot of fear Rather than educating you about financial planning and anxiety as we age, but it doesn’t need to! Learn five key principles or estate planning techniques or laws, my strategies to help change your perspective, become better goal is to encourage a commitment by each spouse to prepared for the challenges aging presents, and ultimately actively participate in the creation (and revisions) of these create better outcomes during your golden years. arrangements and to be prepared for the death of the first Moderator: Ryan O’Leary spouse. Moderator: Mel Marmer NEW 4426 Gerrymander in Ohio Thursday, Mar. 8, 12:45–2 pm (ADI) $0 NEW 5104 Ask the Pharmacist: Dietary A description and explanation of gerrymandering in Ohio Supplements and Prescription Medications and the Fair Districts=Fair Elections campaign. Wednesday, Feb. 7, 9:30 am–12 pm (VPC) $0 Moderator: Joan Gilmore After attending this program, you will be able to: (1) Describe how to purchase a high quality dietary supplement. (2) NEW 4427 Destination Unknown: Adventures of a Review indications for popular supplement categories, WWII American Red Cross Girl including general, bone, joint, heart health, sleep, weight, memory, more. (3) Discuss how to approach your physician Thursday, Mar. 15, 12:45–2 pm (ADI) $0 about more conservative approaches to medication LeOna Kriesel Cox was an instructor at Allegheny College prescribing. (4) Review medications that deplete the body when duty called. Asked by a Red Cross recruiter if she of vitamins and minerals and how to manage. (5) Review would go to war to help our boys, LeOna almost shouted, medication classes (including side effects) that seniors “YOU BET I WILL!” Based on LeOna’s letters from North Africa should avoid whenever possible and why. and Italy as she ran enlisted men’s social clubs during 1942– Moderator: Dr. Cathy Rosenbaum is a holistic clinical 45. It was the time of her life. She met and cut a deal with pharmacist and founder and CEO of Rx Integrative Solutions, Pope Pius XII, stowed away on a B24 not to miss a party, and a consulting practice in integrative health and wellness gave courage to lonely, frightened boys fighting WWII. in Blue Ash. She studied herbal research and global Moderator: Kathleen Cox healthcare solutions in China. An author and international speaker/educator, she has professional experience in the NEW 4428 US Air Force Museum at Wright- pharmaceutical industry, hospital-based practice, and medication quality and safety. Patterson AFB Thursday, Mar. 22, 12:45–2 pm (ADI) $0 Get ready to visit the National Museum of the United States Air Force—on a motor coach trip with OLLI during spring quarter or on your own. Don Gray from the museum at Wright-Patterson AFB will introduce us to the museum and its extraordinary exhibits on military aviation history, boasting more than 360 aerospace vehicles and missiles on display—many rare and one-of-a-kind—along with historical

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5105 Healing the Wounds of War and civilians, of one of America’s most important military operations. Wednesday, Feb. 14, 9:30 am–12 pm (VPC) $0 Moderator: David L. Mowery has studied the Civil War for Of the many consequences of war, including PTSD and over 35 years. A member of the Cincinnati Civil War Round moral injury, our soldiers, veterans, military families, and Table and past historian with the OCWTC, which produced civilians have all been affected. This presentation will provide the John Hunt Morgan Heritage Trail of Ohio, he co-wrote the an overview of Ed Tick’s most recent book, Warrior’s Return: trail’s guidebook and authored the book Morgan’s Great Raid . Restoring the Soul after War, and his Soldier’s Heart Program, He will lead a May caravan on the Morgan Heritage Trail. which states that PTSD is a normal reaction to a traumatic experience and can be healed. The Soldier’s Heart Program is a proven, holistic, community-based method of healing for NEW 5108 “I Didn’t See It that Way”: Racial everyone, because all of us have been affected by war. Identity Development and Our Worldview Moderator: Nonie Muller, retired RN, MSN, has participated Wednesday, Mar. 7, 9:30 am–12 pm (VPC) $0 in four Soldier’s Heart Program retreats since 2008. Having With the divisions in America at present, understanding worked with veterans exclusively for the last ten years of her racial identity and healing societal schisms are more career, she wants to tell others of this vital program, which is important than ever. Learn how the messages that practical, knowledgeable, wise, and full of hope. She believes determine how we view ourselves and others are ingrained we can all learn how to support our warriors and ourselves. from an early age and how these messages inform and influence our worldview and shape who we become. We NEW 5106 Incarceration and After: A Japanese- must take ownership of these things that have contributed American Story to the attitudes, beliefs, and biases that prevent us from being able to relate to others. Interracial co-facilitators lead Wednesday, Feb. 21, 9:30 am–12 pm (VPC) $0 in exploring individual racial identities and the complexities In 1942, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, of difference. thereby disrupting the lives of 117,000 people of Japanese Co-Moderators: Shawn Jeffers and David Weaver are directors ancestry on the West Coast. Taking only what they could for Youth at the Center—Shawn, director of leadership carry, they were forced from their homes and businesses development, and David, director of strategic partnerships. to ten concentration camps. Two thirds of them were Collectively, they have over 35 years in working with citizens. Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) members individuals and groups on aspects of diversity, equity, and trace the history of discrimination against Asians in the US, inclusion. Executive Order 9066, personal experiences of a survivor of the camps, and the impact on Japanese Americans in Cincinnati. What happened to these people after WWII? What NEW 5109 Here Come the Sharks! A Visit from aftermath echoes in America today? WAVE Foundation at Newport Aquarium Moderator: Kayzuya Sato will lead a forum about this Wednesday, Mar. 14, 9:30 am–12 pm (VPC) $0 shameful chapter in American history. Other members of PROGRAM LIMIT: 125 the JACL—people who lived through it in camps and in the adopted city of Cincinnati or their descendants—will share The Shark Cart brings live sharks to OLLI with the first ever experiences. mobile shark tank on wheels! This program demystifies common misconceptions about sharks and gets you up close and personal with these amazing creatures. Learn NEW 5107 Morgan’s Great Raid: Taking the Civil the who, what, when, where, and why of sharks. Touch and War to the North take photos! In the second hour, learn about crocodilians Wednesday, Feb. 28, 9:30 am–12 pm (VPC) $0 (four species) and how to tell them apart. NOTE: Because audience members touch and take photos with the sharks, July 2–26, 1863, at the height of the American Civil War, WAVE Foundation has strictly limited attendance. Sign up Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan led nearly early! 2,500 cavalrymen on a daring special operations mission into the enemy-held states of Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio, Moderator: Dan Dunlap and staff will provide live animals circumventing Cincinnati along his path. Morgan’s objective to offer this unique experience to OLLI. WAVE Foundation’s was to divert Union forces from invading eastern Tennessee. mission is to engage, excite, and educate our community Some historians consider Morgan’s Great Raid one of the about the wonders of aquatic life and the importance of greatest land-based raids in world history. Come learn the conservation. strategies and tactics, and hear the stories from soldiers

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NEW 5110 Tragedy Tomorrow, Comedy Tonight: NEW 6079 SMART Self-Defense Class The Stephen Sondheim Story Friday, Feb. 16, 9:30 am–12 pm (OHLL) $0 Wednesday, Mar. 21, 9:30 am–12 pm (VPC) $0 Awareness, being mentally prepared in the event you get Tutored by Oscar Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim started attacked, and basic self-defense skills are touched on in this as a lyricist for Broadway musicals including West Side Story class. and Gypsy and then became both composer and lyricist on Co-Moderators: Michelle Berling, public affairs officer, has “concept musicals” including Follies, Company, and A Little been in law enforcement 17+ years. She is a state-certified Night Music before the melodrama Sweeney Todd. Through defensive tactics instructor for officers and also teaches self- discussion and music, we’ll explore the shows that Sondheim defense classes for the private sector. Officer James Berling wrote and discuss his legacy on Broadway. Listen, learn, and has been in law enforcement 19+ years. He is a school leave humming favorite songs from Sondheim’s great shows. resource officer for West Chester Police Department and Moderator: Doug Iden is a big fan of movies and theatrical teaches self-defense classes for the private sector. musicals with an extensive collection of films and original Broadway scores. He has taught classes on Broadway and NEW 6080 Northside: A Sassy Family film at OLLI for several years. Neighborhood Friday, Feb. 23, 9:30 am–12 pm (OHLL) $0 NEW 5111 Way Down Yonder in New Orleans Northside Cincinnati is a historical gem in the Queen City’s Wednesday, Mar. 28, 9:30 am–12 pm (VPC) $0 crown. Not just a neighborhood, it’s a lifestyle! Tim will give By popular demand, the bands are back! A great OLLI us a verbal and pictorial past, present, and future of the favorite, Hirsh Cohen brings classical Dixieland music Northside community. presented by three bands. Come and cheer the New Moderator: Tim Jeckering is a registered architect who lives Horizons Dixieland Band, the 275 Brass Band, and special and works in Northside. He is a past two-term president of guests, the Buffalo Ridge Jazz Band Trio. You may have heard the Northside Community Council and served 13 continuous the bands before, but this exclusive Dixieland sound is new years on the Northside Community Council. at WOWs. You’ll think you are in a New Orleans nightclub— without the cover charge. Enjoy the music and laugh at the musicians’ humor. Listen and dance to these three great NEW 6081 Discovering the Secrets of the Fernald bands! Preserve Moderator: Hirsh Cohen is a retired healthcare executive Friday, Mar. 2, 9:30 am–12 pm (OHLL) $0 with over 45 years’ experience. He studied classical bass and Throughout history, the Fernald site near Ross, Ohio, tuba in Montreal, played in the Canadian Army and Air Force has been a place of great interest and, at times, great bands, and directed successful big band and small ensemble controversy. This program tells the story of the site’s natural, dance bands. He is now retired and just very happy to Native American Indian, settlement and farming, uranium play several instruments in several community bands in production, and environmental cleanup eras as well as Cincinnati. the recent ecological restoration and legacy management mission. Discover who now makes this site’s varied and NEW 6078 Avert a Crisis! Be a Super Hero! Make a unique habitats their home. Plan! Moderator: Penny Borgman, a naturalist for Great Parks of Friday, Feb. 9, 9:30 am–12 pm (OHLL) $0 Hamilton County and contractor for the US Department of Energy, is uniquely qualified to discuss the past, present, and The Parting Gift interactive workshop guides you through future of this fascinating 1,050-acre site. preparing plans for family or friends whether you’re just away on vacation or off to your eternal home. Your friends and family will thank you for this “gift.” Moderator: Rebecca Pace, CPA/PFS, an income tax professional with R Pace Tax Service, LLC, is a former investment advisor and probate paralegal. She is uniquely qualified to coach you on creating a Parting Gift for your loved ones.

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Moderator: Merret Collister, La Soupe special events and NEW 6082 All that Jazz: An Overview of American outreach coordinator, joined the La Soupe team two-and- Jazz Music from the Piano a-half years ago. A former Cincinnati Public Schools teacher Friday, Mar. 9, 9:30 am–12 pm (OHLL) $0 of ten years, she had seen firsthand the effects of children struggling to learn without proper nutrition. At La Soupe, she Explore jazz history with an overview of American jazz music found her love of cooking and her background in education from traditional to mainstream to bebop to Brazilian and a perfect combination. beyond from the point of view of the piano. International performer, recording artist, and teacher Phil DeGreg will demonstrate various jazz styles by playing and discussing UPDATED 7104 Pruning Seminar for the examples of songs and identifying some of the artists who Homeowner made them famous. You will also hear about the Cincinnati Tuesday, Mar. 12, 9:30–11:30 am (SGC) $0 jazz scene and performers. CLASS LIMIT: 50 Moderator: Phil DeGreg, a Cincinnati native, has performed professionally with dozens of internationally recognized jazz Learn from the horticulture staff of Spring Grove Cemetery artists as well as leading and recording with his own groups. and Arboretum how proper pruning can make all the Throughout his career, he has been dedicated to sharing difference for your trees and shrubs. They’ll show you how his love of jazz through teaching. He is currently professor you can apply the right techniques and tools for your yard. emeritus of jazz studies at CCM and leader of the Phil Plan on walking one mile over uneven and unpaved terrain. DeGreg Trio. Dress for the weather: we’ll be outside. Meet at Spring Grove’s Norman Chapel. NEW 6083 Meet John Erardi: Newspaper and Book Co-Moderators: Brian Heinz, horticulture supervisor, joined Sports Writer Spring Grove Cemetery in 1999 and has 20+ years of experience in the horticulture field. Dave Gressley, director Friday, Mar. 16, 9:30 am–12 pm (OHLL) $0 of horticulture since 2013, has 30+ years of experience in the Baseball has a special place in the history of Cincinnati and horticulture industry. hearts of Cincinnatians. Reds historian Greg Rhodes will interview John Erardi about his career in journalism, radio, NEW 8004 Bond with James’ Films TV, and books. John will talk about his latest book From Cuba to Cooperstown: The “Tani” Pérez Story, about the Cuban- Monday, Feb. 5–Mar. 26, 1–4 pm (Chesterwood Village) $5 American former professional baseball player, manager, and CLASS LIMIT: 40 member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. John interviewed Tony many times and even went to Cuba to gather color, all of it James Bond films are the most successful movie series of all for the book. time. During the three-hour class sessions, we will view eight films in their entirety followed by a discussion period. We will Moderator: John Erardi is a two-time winner of the Ohio show the first movie of each of the six actors playing Bond Associated Sports Writer of the Year award and author of in the authorized series plus two others. Featured actors seven books, including From Cuba to Cooperstown: The “Tani” include Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan, Daniel Pérez Story (release date: March 1). Craig, Diana Rigg, and Ursula Andress. Chesterwood Village, 8073 Tylersville Rd., West Chester, 45069. NEW 6084 Can “Soupe” Save the City? Moderator: Doug Iden is a big fan of movies and theatrical Friday, Mar. 23, 9:30 am–12 pm (OHLL) $0 musicals with an extensive collection of films and original Broadway scores. He has taught classes on Broadway and Did you know 40 percent of food in the US is thrown away? film at OLLI for several years. One Cincinnati chef wanted to reverse that trend so La Soupe was born with the mission: Rescue Transform Share. This program takes over-ordered or “ugly” produce from local grocers and farmers; transforms it into nutritious soups, sides, and salads; and shares the meals with food insecure families through schools, food pantries, community groups, and family programs. Chefs will tell how they use Bucket Brigade, Soupe Mobile, Stone Soupe, and Cincinnati Gives a Crock to feed the underfed.

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NEW 8110 Bridge 102: For Those Who Know Some NEW 8220 Get Golf Ready of the Basics Wednesday, Feb. 7–Mar. 28, 10–11:15 am (Tri County Golf Tuesdays, Feb. 6–Mar. 27, 2:50–4:30 pm (Cincinnati Bridge Ranch) $5 Association) $5 CLASS LIMIT: 20 CLASS LIMIT: 24 Join PGA professionals Larry King and Melissa Yeazell to Designed for those who have taken an introductory bridge get golf ready! We’ll start by preparing your body for golf course or have some experience playing socially, this course motion with gentle stretching and movement, then work on will give you additional skills for this great card game, golf skills (full swing, short game, course management), and presented by the Cincinnati Bridge Association (CBA). Topics finish by rebalancing the body so you can flow the rest of and course curriculum will probably follow the ACBL bridge the day. We’ll address ways to reduce pain, expand athletic text Play in the 21st Century but will be adjusted to fit student abilities, and learn mental and emotional techniques to give experience levels. Topics likely to be covered: techniques for you more enjoyment on the golf course. All ability levels play of the hand, strong and weak 2 bids, communication, welcome. Tri County Golf Ranch, 455 Tri-County Pkwy., and beginning conventions beyond the basics. CBA, 2860 Cincinnati, 45246. Cooper Rd., Evendale, 45241. Co-Moderators: Larry King, PGA, and Melissa Yeazell, Co-Moderators: John Meinking, CBA president, gold life PGA, have created a teaching philosophy based on tour master, accredited teacher of the American Contract experience and a holistic approach that includes golf Bridge League; Elaine Jarchow, silver life master, CBA board fitness, peak performance training (mental/emotional), and member, CBA education committee member; Jane Duncan, traditional full swing, short game, and course management bronze life master, CBA education committee member; and instruction. Through simple drills and teaching aids, they Larry Newman, silver life master, CBA education committee effectively help students develop feel and awareness that chairman. translates into a better swing!

8218 Float, Flex, and Be Fit UPDATED 8221 Art and Hobby Workshop Wednesdays, Feb. 7–Mar. 28, 10–11 am (The Connection Wednesday, Feb. 7–Mar. 28, 1–3 pm (Maple Knoll Village) $5 Pool at Twin Lakes) $0 + course fee CLASS LIMIT: 6 CLASS LIMIT: 14 Come share your hobby or art talent in a casual atmosphere. Join us for a 60-minute, deep-water senior aquatic class We love creative people. It’s your call. Bring what you need designed to enhance posture, increase core stability, with you and get ready to have a good time. Large tables improve overall flexibility and strength, and develop are waiting in a sunny, pleasant room. We enjoy talking and endurance. You’ll be suspended in the water by a belt getting to know how talented our wonderful OLLI members or noodle. It’s an enjoyable, relaxing way to stretch and are. Help is available on your project if requested. Maple invigorate your body in our five-foot pool. Facilities include Knoll Village, 11200 Springfield Pike, Cincinnati, 45246. a locker room with showers and keyed lockers. Class fee of Moderator: Glenn King, BFA, Univ. of TX, and L’Ecole des $24 payable to instructor at first class. The Connection Pool Beaux-Arts, Paris, France. at Twin Lakes, 9840 Montgomery Rd., Montgomery, 45242. Moderator: Tracy Stegall, The Connection wellness aquatic pool coordinator, Twin Lakes Retirement Center, and other members of the aquatic staff.

OLLI members toured the studios of WCPO. Photo: Carol Heideman

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Moderator: John Bossert, retired physician with a lifelong UPDATED 8222 Cooking Made Easy interest in literature. Wednesdays, Feb. 28–Mar. 28, 2:30–3:45 pm (Chesterwood Village) $5 NEW 8565 Athenaeum of Ohio Tour and Lunch CLASS LIMIT: 30 with the Seminarians Chef Rickett will walk you through easy-to-follow recipes Friday, Feb. 16, 10:30 am–1 pm, $15 (no refunds) for delicious dishes that can be made for single servings or PROGRAM LIMIT: 40 family-size gatherings. He will discuss several methods to tailor each dish to your dietary needs. You will receive a dish The Athenaeum of Ohio–Mount St. Mary’s Seminary of the to sample and a recipe card to take home from each session. West, originally St. Francis Xavier Seminary, is the third-oldest Classes include breakfast casseroles, sassy salads, seasonal Roman Catholic seminary in the US. Seminarians studying smoothies, BBQ get-together, and delectable desserts. All there will lead our tour of the historic building and education new recipes from last term! Chesterwood Village, 8073 center in Mt. Washington, show us their rare books collection, Tylersville Rd., West Chester, 45069. and join us for lunch. The Athenaeum, 6616 Beechmont Ave., Cincinnati, 45230. Moderator: Eddie Rickett is director of dietary management and culinary arts for Hillandale Family of Communities at Chesterwood Village. 8566 Tour Adath Israel Synagogue Monday, Feb. 26, 10–11:30 am (ADI) $0 UPDATED 8306 Bridge 101: Intro to Bridge PROGRAM LIMIT: 20 Thursdays, Feb. 8–Mar. 29, 2:50–4:30 pm (Cincinnati Bridge Join Jo-Ann Casuto on this popular tour of Adath Israel. Learn Association) $5 about the significance of the artifacts, the Memorial Room, CLASS LIMIT: 24 the Chapel, and the Sanctuary that we pass by on our way to classes. Jo-Ann has also promised to include a glimpse behind Newcomers to bridge will get an introduction to this great the scenes. card game, presented by the accomplished educators at the Cincinnati Bridge Association (CBA). Weekly outline: 1) Introduction. 2) Hand evaluation and opening bids. 3) NEW 8567 All-American Law Enforcement in Responses to 1NT opening. 4) Responses to opening bids of Greater Cincinnati Tour one in a suit. 5) Rebids by opener. 6) Rebids by responder. Tuesday, Feb. 27, 11 am–12:30 pm, $5 (no refunds) 7) Overcalls and advancer bids. 8) Take out doubles and responses. We will cover play of the hand in all lessons. CBA, PROGRAM LIMIT: 20 2860 Cooper Rd., Evendale, 45241. Cincinnati was the first major city in the nation to incorporate Co-Moderators: Jane Duncan, bronze life master, CBA under the new Constitution and, like nowhere else in the education committee member; Elaine Jarchow, silver life nation, law enforcement of the people, by the people, master, CBA board member, CBA education committee and for the people flourished into a collaborative effort of member, ACBL certified instructor; Larry Newman, silver life more than 160 agencies and hundreds of communities in master, CBA education committee chairman. Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio. This tour will take you through those communities and 200 years of all-American law enforcement. Greater Cincinnati Police Museum, 308 Reading NEW 8417 Abortion and Fiction Rd., 2nd floor, Cincinnati, 45202. Across from the casino and Fridays, Feb. 9, Feb. 23, Mar. 9, Mar. 23, 10:30 am–12 pm courthouse; paid parking across the street. (Joseph-Beth Booksellers) $5 Moderator: Steve Kramer served as a lieutenant in patrol, CLASS LIMIT: 15 staff, and investigative assignments in the Cincinnati Police Division and at City Hall for 38+ years. One of the founders of We will read the works of four well-respected writers of the Greater Cincinnati Police Historical Society, he served as fiction and see what their approach is to the theme of its president for three terms and is the first and still-serving abortion. Please have the first novel read for the first class. director of the Greater Cincinnati Police Museum. The novels in chronological order are Passenger by Thomas Keneally, The Year of Silence by Madison Smart Bell, Down by the River by Edna O’Brien, and A Book of American Martyrs by Joyce Carol Oates. Joseph-Beth Booksellers, 2692 Madison Rd., Cincinnati, 45208.

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NEW 8568 Let’s Check Out the Library Friday, Mar. 2, 10:30 am–12 pm, $0 PROGRAM LIMIT: 40 Go behind the scenes of our nationally recognized, award- winning Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. At the main downtown location, we’ll visit the stacks, rare books, and German language book collection with the librarians. Check out all that the library has to offer—it’s a lot more than just books! Public Library, 800 Vine St., Cincinnati, 45202.

NEW 8569 Irish Heritage Center Tour and Tea Friday, Mar. 9, 1–4 pm, $15 (no refunds) PROGRAM LIMIT: 25 Get inspired for St. Patrick’s Day with a visit to the Irish Heritage Center of Greater Cincinnati. Located on the city’s east side in a renovated late-19th-century former school, the IHC is dedicated to fostering Irish heritage, culture, and traditions in our city. After our tour, General Manager Maureen Kennedy will join us for tea, Irish, of course! Irish Heritage Center, 3905 Eastern Ave., Cincinnati, 45226. Actors from the Irish American Theater Company.

NEW 8570 Taste Ohio Wines at Meier’s Wine Cellars Friday, Mar. 23, 2–4 pm, $0 + fee PROGRAM LIMIT: 30 Volunteer Sam Hollingsworth checks in OLLI members Spend an afternoon in Silverton with your OLLI friends during the first week of classes.Photo: Peter Nord experiencing a sampling of wines from Meier’s Wine Cellars, the oldest and largest wine producer in Ohio. Selections will be made from their nationally award-winning, quality table, sparkling, fruit, specialty, and dessert wines along with some nibbles of crackers and cheese. Pay $15 at the door. Meier’s Wine Cellars, 6955 Plainfield Rd., Cincinnati, 45236.

These thoughtful students learned about the Tumultuous Tudor Era from moderator Linda Kegg. Photo Peter Nord at the University of Cincinnati OLLI COURSE CATALOG | Winter 2018 39 Speakers Volunteer Bureau for OLLI

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2016–17 ROMEO AND JULIET HER NAKED SKIN MAINSTAGE SERIES ACTING ACTING A Season of Passion, Courage and Romance By William Shakespeare By Rebecca Lenkiewicz Sept. 29–Oct. 2, 2016 Mature subject matter Feb. 9–12, 2017 A CHORUS LINE MUSICAL THEATRE MACK AND MABEL Conceived by Michael Bennett MUSICAL THEATRE Book by James Kirkwood, Jr. Book by Michael Stewart and Nicholas Dante Music and lyrics by Jerry Herman Music by Marvin Hamlisch March 2–5, 2017 Lyrics by Edward Kleban Oct. 20–30, 2016 IDOMENEO OPERA CENDRILLON Music by W.A. Mozart OPERA Libretto by Giovanni Composed by Jules Massenet Battista Varesco Libretto by Henri Caïn March 30–April 2, 2017 Nov. 17–20, 2016 MASTERWORKS CLASSICS WITH AND BEYOND A TWIST DANCE DANCE April 13 – 15, 2017 Dec. 1–4, 2016

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Summa Cum Laude Carol S. Friel Mr. & Mrs. Joseph H. Warkany Mr. & Mrs. William F. Hugo $1000 & Up Mr. & Mrs. Carlo Gatti Dr. & Mrs. Richard G. Wendel Mrs. Lois Johnnigman Mr. James R. Bridgeland Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Richard W. Goetz Mrs. Beatrice R. Winkler Mrs. Leah S. Levy Elderhostel, Inc. (Road Scholar) Mr. & Mrs. Ashton Gorton Mr. & Mrs. A. Shannon Womer Ms. Elaine Liechty Mr. & Mrs. Radford V. Ewing Ms. Carol L. Heideman Ms. Karen Zaugg Mr. Melvin E. Marmer Ms. Nancy B. Herbert Dr. Ralph R. Meyer Hillandale Communities, Inc. Honor Roll Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Hirschhorn Mr. Gerald S. Greenberg & Dr. & Mrs. Carl A. Huether Up to $99 Gladys Wittmeyer Knox Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Kirtland E. Hobler Ms. Pamela S. Meyers Mr. Rick Baum Mrs. Carol L. Kormelink Ms. Emily M. Hodges Miss Caryl K. Miller Rev. & Mrs. David D. Beran Mr. Richard R. Lenz Mr. & Mrs. Samuel R. Hollingsworth Ms. Ingrid M. Moe Mr. Julio Berlonghi Dr. & Mrs. Peter J. Nord Mr. Larry J. Pytlinski & Mrs. Sally E. Moore Dr. Jane R. Hopson Ms. Jeannie M. Black Mr. & Mrs. Roy C. Newman Magna Cum Laude Mr. & Mrs. William O. Hyatt Ms. Mary L. Bowald Ms. Hetti Noever $500–$999 Neal P. Jeffries, PhD Mr. & Mrs. William F. Brandt Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Noonan Mr. & Mrs. Dan C. Domis Dr. & Mrs. Richard A. Jolson Mr. & Mrs. Harold Brown Ms. Cate O’Hara Mr. & Mrs. Marvin D. Heller Mr. & Mrs. Charles C. Jung Ms. Mary Pat Buck PEO Sisterhood Chapter Y Ohio Gary E. Hollander, CFP Ms. Carol L. Kruse Ms. Nancy K. Bunn Mr. Roger B. Powell Mr. & Mrs. Keith R. Marriott Mrs. Marion F. Levy Mrs. Barbara B. Burke Mr. & Mrs. Arnold M. Rabkin Mr. & Ms. R. B. Mitchell Dr. & Mrs. David C. Lundgren Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey D. Chambers Mr. & Mrs. Harold Rice Mr. & Mrs. Douglas P. MacCurdy Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Craig Ms. Monique Rothschild Cum Laude Ms. Patricia L. Crawfis $100–$499 Mr. & Mrs. Dick Manoukian Ms. Beverly A. Saeks Mr. William G. Menrath & Ms. Sandra S. Crawfis Mr. & Mrs. Lee Schimberg Ms. Elizabeth Andres Mr. & Mrs. David P. Decker Dr. & Mrs. Robert O. Banks Ms. Lee D. Crooks Ms. Margaret Seyler Ms. Susan T. Nastasi Mr. Darryl R. Dick & Ms. Bonnie Rib Mr. & Mrs. Edward M. Stagney Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Carroll Mr. Lee P. & Ms. Carol R. Dr. & Mrs. Hirsh J. Cohen Mr. & Mrs. John Neumann Ms. Susan Stai Mr. David A. Robertson Dreyer Yeazell Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey M. Strauss Dr. & Mrs. V. Franklin Colón Mrs. Kathleen M. Dupriest Mrs. Lynne B. Curtiss Mrs. Zelma J. Schulman Mr. George Stricker, Jr. Mr. Coleman R. Smith, Jr. Fallsington HOA Ms. Jean M. Swartley Ms. Linda J. Dale Dr. & Mrs. Bernard B. Foster Mrs. Caroline Davidson Dr. & Mrs. Ronald J. Solomon Ms. Elisa A. Victor Mr. John Stagich & Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Gorton Mr. & Mrs. Elmer P. Weil Mrs. Jean H. Davison Mrs. Janet M. Hagins Carole A. Donnelly, PhD Ms. Dorothy C. Ewing Mrs. Pam J. Zeller Mr. & Mrs. Alexander W. Teass Mrs. Suzanne M. Hasl Mr. Robert W. Dorsey Ms. Mary Lou Hoffar Dr. & Mrs. Henry Fenichel Miss Ann L. Turner

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